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87577

ZIP 87577 is Tres Piedras, New Mexico, mostly in Rio Arriba County; area code 575; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Rio Arriba +1 more
Metro area
Española, NM
Population
711
Coordinates
36.6400, -106.0030
☼ Live from 87577 — Tres Piedras, NM

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Where 87577 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 87577
  • 🔢 Type 87577 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LLSLB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 87,577 = 7 × 12511. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101011000011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 87576 (Trampas, NM, 38 mi away) and 87578 (Truchas, NM, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 87577 becomes 77578 — and that is a real ZIP code: Manvel, TX, 789 miles away.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (57787, 75778, 77578, 77587, 77857, 77875, …). The farthest-flung twin is 78577 in Pharr, TX, 857 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯459 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 87577 and you would come out at 36.64°S, 74.00°E — 898 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 330.5 square miles of land, 87577 is bigger than 95% of ZIP codes — room for about 251 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population711This ZIP711
Households307This ZIP307
Housing units408This ZIP408
Median age38.0This ZIP38.0New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher36.5%This ZIP36.5%
Population density2.2 / sq miThis ZIP2.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees42This ZIP42
Annual payroll$1,150,000This ZIP$1,150,000

Land area

Land area330.52 sq miThis ZIP330.52 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Counties 87577 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Rio Arriba County 51.2%
Taos County 48.8%

ZIP codes near 87577

ZIPCityDistance
87554 Petaca, NM 7.3 mi
87581 Vallecitos, NM 12.5 mi
87513 Arroyo Hondo, NM 17.2 mi
87539 La Madera, NM 17.6 mi
87517 Carson, NM 20.8 mi
87564 San Cristobal, NM 21.4 mi
87515 Canjilon, NM 21.5 mi
87519 Cerro, NM 22.1 mi
87529 El Prado, NM 23.0 mi
87530 El Rito, NM 23.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 87577?

87577 is in Tres Piedras, New Mexico, in Rio Arriba County, part of the Española, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.6400, -106.0030.

What county is 87577 in?

87577 spans 2 counties: Rio Arriba County and Taos County. Most of it falls in Rio Arriba County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 87577?

Tres Piedras uses area code 575, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 87577 in?

87577 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 87577?

About 711 people live in ZIP code 87577, in 307 households, at 2.2 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 87577?

The closest are 87554 (7.3 mi), 87581 (12.5 mi), 87513 (17.2 mi), 87539 (17.6 mi) and 87517 (20.8 mi).

Is 87577 a PO Box ZIP code?

87577 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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