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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/88241

88241

ZIP 88241 is in Hobbs, New Mexico, in Lea County; area code 575; Mountain time. Hobbs has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 88240, 88242 and 88244.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Lea
Metro area
Hobbs, NM
Coordinates
32.7475, -103.2165

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 88240, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 88241 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 88241
  • 🔢 Type 88241 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhZBB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 88241 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101100010110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 88240 (Hobbs, NM, 14 mi away) and 88242 (Hobbs, NM, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 88241 becomes 14288, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12848, 12884, 14882, 18248, 18428, 18824, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12848 in Middle Falls, NY, 1,757 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯553 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 88241 and you would come out at 32.75°S, 76.78°E — 1,196 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments49This ZIP49
Employees688This ZIP688
Annual payroll$52,615,000This ZIP$52,615,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 88241

ZIPCityDistance
88244 Hobbs, NM 1.2 mi
88242 Hobbs, NM 5.5 mi
88265 Monument, NM 13.6 mi
88240 Hobbs, NM 14.3 mi
88260 Lovington, NM 19.5 mi
79323 Denver City, TX 22.2 mi
88231 Eunice, NM 22.5 mi
88262 Mcdonald, NM 28.3 mi
79360 Seminole, TX 28.9 mi
88264 Maljamar, NM 29.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 88241?

88241 is in Hobbs, New Mexico, in Lea County, part of the Hobbs, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.7475, -103.2165.

What county is 88241 in?

88241 lies in Lea County.

What area code is 88241?

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

What time zone is 88241 in?

88241 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 88241?

The closest are 88244 (1.2 mi), 88242 (5.5 mi), 88265 (13.6 mi), 88240 (14.3 mi) and 88260 (19.5 mi).

Is 88241 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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