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88061

ZIP 88061 is in Silver City, New Mexico, in Grant County; area code 575; Mountain time. Silver City has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 88062.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Grant
Metro area
Silver City, NM
Population
17,464
Coordinates
32.6285, -108.4064
☼ Live from 88061 — Silver City, NM

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Where 88061 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 88061
  • 🔢 Type 88061 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgOBB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 88,061 = 107 × 823. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101011111111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 88058 (San Miguel, NM, 103 mi away) and 88062 (Silver City, NM, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 88061 becomes 16088, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01886, 06881, 08618, 08816, 08861, 18068, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01886 in Westford, MA, 2,118 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯739 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 88061 and you would come out at 32.63°S, 71.59°E — 1,157 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
  • 📏 At 897.2 square miles of land, 88061 is bigger than 99% of ZIP codes — room for about 681 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,464This ZIP17,464
Households7,170This ZIP7,170
Housing units8,892This ZIP8,892
Median age49.5This ZIP49.5New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Median household income$47,917This ZIP$47,917New Mexico$64,059US $80,734
Median home value$204,300This ZIP$204,300New Mexico$248,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$863This ZIP$863New Mexico$1,067US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher35.2%This ZIP35.2%
Mean commute15.7 minThis ZIP15.7 min
Population density19.5 / sq miThis ZIP19.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments409This ZIP409
Employees4,135This ZIP4,135
Annual payroll$167,838,000This ZIP$167,838,000
Tax returns filed6,480This ZIP6,480
Total adjusted gross income$359,876,000This ZIP$359,876,000

Land area

Land area897.23 sq miThis ZIP897.23 sq mi
Water area1.57 sq miThis ZIP1.57 sq mi

Other place names in 88061

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

ZIP codes near 88061

ZIPCityDistance
88065 Tyrone, NM 8.4 mi
88026 Santa Clara, NM 16.5 mi
88043 Hurley, NM 17.0 mi
88062 Silver City, NM 17.1 mi
88022 Arenas Valley, NM 17.5 mi
88023 Bayard, NM 19.6 mi
88055 Redrock, NM 20.6 mi
88053 Pinos Altos, NM 21.6 mi
88036 Fort Bayard, NM 24.8 mi
88034 Faywood, NM 25.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 88061?

88061 is in Silver City, New Mexico, in Grant County, part of the Silver City, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.6285, -108.4064.

What county is 88061 in?

88061 lies in Grant County.

What area code is 88061?

Silver City uses area code 575, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 88061 in?

88061 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 88061?

About 17,464 people live in ZIP code 88061, in 7,170 households, at 19.5 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 88061?

$47,917 a year, against $64,059 across New Mexico.

What ZIP codes are near 88061?

The closest are 88065 (8.4 mi), 88026 (16.5 mi), 88043 (17 mi), 88062 (17.1 mi) and 88022 (17.5 mi).

Is 88061 a PO Box ZIP code?

88061 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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