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87582

ZIP 87582 is Velarde, New Mexico, in Rio Arriba County; area code 505; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Rio Arriba
Metro area
Española, NM
Population
899
Coordinates
36.1791, -105.9945
☼ Live from 87582 — Velarde, NM

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Where 87582 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 87582
  • 🔢 Type 87582 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZBSLB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 87,582 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 1327. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101011000011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 87581 (Vallecitos, NM, 24 mi away) and 87583 (Villanueva, NM, 72 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 87582 becomes 28578 — and that is a real ZIP code: Seven Springs, NC, 1,575 miles away.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25878, 27588, 27858, 27885, 28578, 28587, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27885 in Swanquarter, NC, 1,661 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯476 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 87582 and you would come out at 36.18°S, 74.01°E — 930 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 23.0 square miles of land, 87582 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population899This ZIP899
Households430This ZIP430
Housing units566This ZIP566
Median age48.0This ZIP48.0New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Median home value$302,900This ZIP$302,900New Mexico$248,100US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher56.8%This ZIP56.8%
Population density39.2 / sq miThis ZIP39.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees75This ZIP75
Annual payroll$1,864,000This ZIP$1,864,000

Land area

Land area22.96 sq miThis ZIP22.96 sq mi
Water area0.20 sq miThis ZIP0.20 sq mi

Other place names in 87582

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

ZIP codes near 87582

ZIPCityDistance
87531 Embudo, NM 6.2 mi
87511 Alcalde, NM 6.3 mi
87549 Ojo Caliente, NM 8.1 mi
87527 Dixon, NM 8.9 mi
87566 Ohkay Owingeh, NM 9.0 mi
87548 Medanales, NM 10.6 mi
87567 Santa Cruz, NM 12.9 mi
87576 Trampas, NM 13.6 mi
87523 Cordova, NM 13.7 mi
87533 Espanola, NM 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 87582?

87582 is in Velarde, New Mexico, in Rio Arriba County, part of the Española, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.1791, -105.9945.

What county is 87582 in?

87582 lies in Rio Arriba County.

What area code is 87582?

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

What time zone is 87582 in?

87582 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 87582?

About 899 people live in ZIP code 87582, in 430 households, at 39.2 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 87582?

The closest are 87531 (6.2 mi), 87511 (6.3 mi), 87549 (8.1 mi), 87527 (8.9 mi) and 87566 (9 mi).

Is 87582 a PO Box ZIP code?

87582 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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