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88250

ZIP 88250 is Hope, New Mexico, mostly in Chaves County; area code 575; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Chaves +1 more
Metro area
Roswell, NM
Population
153
Coordinates
32.7020, -104.9558
☼ Live from 88250 — Hope, NM

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Where 88250 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 88250
  • 🔢 Type 88250 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSZBB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 88,250 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 353. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101100010111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 88244 (Hobbs, NM, 101 mi away) and 88252 (Jal, NM, 99 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 88250 becomes 05288, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02858, 02885, 05828, 08528, 08825, 08852, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02885 in Warren, RI, 1,942 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯607 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 88250 and you would come out at 32.70°S, 75.04°E — 1,177 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
  • 📏 At 733.9 square miles of land, 88250 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 557 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population153This ZIP153
Households87This ZIP87
Housing units95This ZIP95
Median age52.7This ZIP52.7New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Median household income$83,250This ZIP$83,250New Mexico$64,059US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher47.8%This ZIP47.8%
Mean commute33.0 minThis ZIP33.0 min
Population density0.2 / sq miThis ZIP0.2 / sq mi

Land area

Land area733.94 sq miThis ZIP733.94 sq mi
Water area0.72 sq miThis ZIP0.72 sq mi

Counties 88250 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Chaves County 65.8%
Eddy County 34.2%

Other place names in 88250

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

ZIP codes near 88250

ZIPCityDistance
88344 Pinon, NM 20.3 mi
88339 Mayhill, NM 27.7 mi
88253 Lake Arthur, NM 30.5 mi
88354 Weed, NM 31.4 mi
88254 Lakewood, NM 32.5 mi
88211 Artesia, NM 36.7 mi
88343 Picacho, NM 37.4 mi
88350 Timberon, NM 41.0 mi
88220 Carlsbad, NM 41.1 mi
88347 Sacramento, NM 42.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 88250?

88250 is in Hope, New Mexico, in Chaves County, part of the Roswell, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.7020, -104.9558.

What county is 88250 in?

88250 spans 2 counties: Chaves County and Eddy County. Most of it falls in Chaves County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 88250?

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

What time zone is 88250 in?

88250 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 88250?

About 153 people live in ZIP code 88250, in 87 households, at 0.2 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 88250?

$83,250 a year, against $64,059 across New Mexico.

What ZIP codes are near 88250?

The closest are 88344 (20.3 mi), 88339 (27.7 mi), 88253 (30.5 mi), 88354 (31.4 mi) and 88254 (32.5 mi).

Is 88250 a PO Box ZIP code?

88250 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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