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88008

ZIP 88008 is Santa Teresa, New Mexico, in Doña Ana County; area code 575; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Doña Ana
Metro area
Las Cruces, NM
Population
12,623
Coordinates
31.8187, -106.7573
☼ Live from 88008 — Santa Teresa, NM

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Where 88008 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 88008
  • 🔢 Type 88008 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOOBB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 88,008 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 19 × 193. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101011111001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 88007 (Las Cruces, NM, 41 mi away) and 88009 (Playas, NM, 105 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 88008 becomes 80088, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08088, 08808, 08880, 80808). The farthest-flung twin is 08880 in South Bound Brook, NJ, 1,884 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯718 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 88008 and you would come out at 31.82°S, 73.24°E — 1,221 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 04m.
  • 📏 At 80.6 square miles of land, 88008 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 61 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,623This ZIP12,623
Households4,295This ZIP4,295
Housing units4,483This ZIP4,483
Median age32.5This ZIP32.5New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Median household income$73,848This ZIP$73,848New Mexico$64,059US $80,734
Median home value$237,800This ZIP$237,800New Mexico$248,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,363This ZIP$1,363New Mexico$1,067US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.4%This ZIP38.4%
Mean commute36.2 minThis ZIP36.2 min
Population density156.5 / sq miThis ZIP156.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments141This ZIP141
Employees3,242This ZIP3,242
Annual payroll$169,307,000This ZIP$169,307,000
Tax returns filed4,410This ZIP4,410
Total adjusted gross income$265,201,000This ZIP$265,201,000

Land area

Land area80.65 sq miThis ZIP80.65 sq mi
Water area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi

Other place names in 88008

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

ZIP codes near 88008

ZIPCityDistance
79932 El Paso, TX 9.6 mi
79922 El Paso, TX 11.8 mi
88021 Anthony, NM 12.0 mi
88063 Sunland Park, NM 12.2 mi
79835 Canutillo, TX 12.4 mi
79912 El Paso, TX 13.3 mi
79913 El Paso, TX 13.6 mi
79821 Anthony, TX 14.3 mi
79968 El Paso, TX 15.2 mi
79911 El Paso, TX 15.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 88008?

88008 is in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, in Doña Ana County, part of the Las Cruces, NM metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.8187, -106.7573.

What county is 88008 in?

88008 lies in Doña Ana County.

What area code is 88008?

Santa Teresa uses area code 575, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 88008 in?

88008 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 88008?

About 12,623 people live in ZIP code 88008, in 4,295 households, at 156.5 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 88008?

$73,848 a year, against $64,059 across New Mexico.

What ZIP codes are near 88008?

The closest are 79932 (9.6 mi), 79922 (11.8 mi), 88021 (12 mi), 88063 (12.2 mi) and 79835 (12.4 mi).

Is 88008 a PO Box ZIP code?

88008 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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