| City: | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| City Alias: | Univ Of New Mexico, Univ Of Nm, Unm |
| County: | Bernalillo County |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:23:51 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 505 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 35.0844, -106.6508 |
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ZIP code 87196 serves the University of New Mexico area in Albuquerque's University Heights neighborhood. This isn't a separate town but a PO Box facility operated within the larger 87106 ZIP code. The post office maintains 399 PO Boxes and serves 161 businesses, primarily providing mail service for students, faculty, and university-affiliated organizations.
The single street address in this ZIP—Cornell Drive SE—represents the physical location where PO Box holders collect their mail. Students living in dorms and off-campus apartments throughout the university district use these boxes as permanent mailing addresses that don't change when they move between housing locations. The facility also accepts packages and deliveries for academic departments that prefer centralized mail handling separate from campus internal delivery systems.
Cornell Drive SE is the sole street in this ZIP, marking the physical location of the PO Box facility that serves the University of New Mexico community.
ZIP Code 87196 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 6 business establishments, employing about 32 people with an annual payroll of $859,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 545Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 6Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $213,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $859,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 32Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 87196 is located in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, within the Albuquerque, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 10740) and New Mexico's 1st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 887,077 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 87196. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Albuquerque, NMSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 10740Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 887,077Source: Census |
| MSA: | Albuquerque, NM MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 4600.14 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3502000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Albuquerque city; New MexicoSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 87196 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.