| City: | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 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 87197 serves a commercial facility in northwest Albuquerque's Monkbridge Gardens neighborhood. This isn't a residential community. Zero people live here. Instead, it functions as a specialized mail delivery point for businesses concentrated at a single location.
The post office maintains 363 PO Boxes and delivers to 285 business addresses. All street delivery goes to Veranda Road NW, where 65 unit designators indicate a multi-tenant commercial building or business park. With 9 business establishments employing 167 people, this ZIP serves as a business mail hub rather than a community post office.
The facility operates within the larger 87107 ZIP code area. Street delivery is available at this location, making it unusual for a PO Box classification. Most mail recipients use PO Boxes despite the availability of building-based delivery, likely for business mail management purposes.
Business mail can be addressed to either PO Box format or street format:
All delivery addresses are units on a single street, characteristic of a business park or commercial complex.
ZIP Code 87197 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 7 business establishments, employing about 156 people with an annual payroll of $17,788,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 633Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 7Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $5,540,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $17,788,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 156Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 87197 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 87197. 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 87197 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.