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Rio Rancho, NM 87124
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Albuquerque, NM 87124
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Panorama Heights, NM 87124
Rancho West, NM 87124

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The 87124 ZIP Code is centered1 in Sandoval County at latitude 35.257 and longitude -106.697 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Sandoval County is in the Mountain Time Zone (UTC -7 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 87124 was 52,751 with 20,575 housing units; a land area land area of 153.03 sq. miles; a water area of 0.01 sq. miles; and a population density of 344.71 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Rio Rancho Estates, NM (1.9 miles SE)
Rio Rancho, NM (2.4 miles SE)
Paradise Hills, NM (3.9 miles S)
Corrales, NM (5.3 miles ESE)
Alameda, NM (6.6 miles SE)
Pueblo of Sandia Village, NM (7 miles E)
Sandia Pueblo, NM (7 miles E)
North Valley, NM (7.1 miles SE)
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM (7.2 miles SSE)
Lee Acres, NM (8 miles SSE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Taylor Ranch, NM (6.3 miles SSW)
El Chapparal, NM (10.3 miles ENE)
Desert Mountain, NM (11 miles ENE)
Anasazi Trails, NM (11.2 miles ENE)
Evergreen Hills Subdivision, NM (11.9 miles E)
Placitas Homesteads, NM (12.2 miles ENE)
Tierra Monte Subdivision, NM (12.3 miles ESE)
Sundance Mesa, NM (13.1 miles ENE)
Vista de Oro de Placitas, NM (13.1 miles ENE)
Ranchos des Placitas, NM (13.5 miles ENE)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.