ZIP code · Placitas · New Mexico · United States
ZIP code 87043 — Placitas
ZIP code 87043 serves Placitas, New Mexico.
- Postal code
- 87043Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Placitas
- County
- Sandoval FIPS 35043
- State
- New Mexico
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.3092, -106.5293 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 4,375 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 41 / sq mi
- Land area
- 107.7 sq mi (278.8 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $110,268
- Per-capita income
- $71,685
- Median age
- 63.2
- Households
- 2,181
- Housing units
- 2,349
- Median home value
- $520,200
- Median gross rent
- $1,869 / month
- Congressional districts
- NM-1 (also NM-3) (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 7b (5 to 10 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/Denver (UTC−7 / UTC−6 DST)
- Area code
- 505 (from the nearest rate centre)Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 87043
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 91°F), coldest Jan (avg low 24°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 47 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 79 | 89 | 91 | 89 | 82 | 71 | 56 | 46 |
| Avg low °F | 24 | 28 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 63 | 60 | 53 | 41 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: PLACITAS 4W (3.0 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 87043
- 2 schools
- 1 pharmacies
- 1 supermarkets
- 3 restaurants & cafés
- 2 parks
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 2 places of worship
- 3 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page