Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/87562

87562

ZIP 87562 is Rowe, New Mexico, in San Miguel County; area code 505; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
San Miguel
Metro area
Las Vegas, NM
Population
569
Coordinates
35.4066, -105.6552
☼ Live from 87562 — Rowe, NM

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 87562 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 87562
  • 🔢 Type 87562 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgSLB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 87,562 = 2 × 43781. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101011000001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 87560 (Ribera, NM, 14 mi away) and 87564 (San Cristobal, NM, 84 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 87562 becomes 26578 — and that is a real ZIP code: Kingmont, WV, 1,421 miles away.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25678, 25876, 26578, 26587, 27568, 27586, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27865 in Pinetown, NC, 1,611 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯493 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 87562 and you would come out at 35.41°S, 74.34°E — 986 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 93.9 square miles of land, 87562 is bigger than 76% of ZIP codes — room for about 71 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 87562 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population569This ZIP569
Households136This ZIP136
Housing units186This ZIP186
Median age36.5This ZIP36.5New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Median household income$116,402This ZIP$116,402New Mexico$64,059US $80,734
Median home value$205,000This ZIP$205,000New Mexico$248,100US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher3.8%This ZIP3.8%
Population density6.1 / sq miThis ZIP6.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees35This ZIP35
Annual payroll$1,483,000This ZIP$1,483,000

Land area

Land area93.87 sq miThis ZIP93.87 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 87562

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 87562

ZIPCityDistance
87538 Ilfeld, NM 8.9 mi
87535 Glorieta, NM 12.2 mi
87540 Lamy, NM 12.3 mi
87565 San Jose, NM 12.7 mi
87560 Ribera, NM 13.8 mi
87508 Santa Fe, NM 18.2 mi
87552 Pecos, NM 18.4 mi
87505 Santa Fe, NM 18.9 mi
87583 Villanueva, NM 19.1 mi
87509 Santa Fe, NM 20.0 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 87562 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 87562?

87562 is in Rowe, New Mexico, in San Miguel County, part of the Las Vegas, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4066, -105.6552.

What county is 87562 in?

87562 lies in San Miguel County.

What area code is 87562?

Rowe uses area code 505, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 87562 in?

87562 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 87562?

About 569 people live in ZIP code 87562, in 136 households, at 6.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 87562?

$116,402 a year, against $64,059 across New Mexico.

What ZIP codes are near 87562?

The closest are 87538 (8.9 mi), 87535 (12.2 mi), 87540 (12.3 mi), 87565 (12.7 mi) and 87560 (13.8 mi).

Is 87562 a PO Box ZIP code?

87562 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “87562 ZIP Code — Rowe, New Mexico (San Miguel County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/87562

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/87562.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.