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88253

ZIP 88253 is Lake Arthur, 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
901
Coordinates
32.9838, -104.5506
☼ Live from 88253 — Lake Arthur, NM

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Where 88253 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 88253
  • 🔢 Type 88253 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESZBB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 88,253 = 11 × 71 × 113. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101100010111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 88252 (Jal, NM, 89 mi away) and 88254 (Lakewood, NM, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 88253 becomes 35288 — and that is a real ZIP code: Birmingham, AL, 1,018 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23885, 28358, 28385, 28538, 28583, 32588, …). The farthest-flung twin is 28583 in Stonewall, NC, 1,594 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
  • 🎯578 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 88253 and you would come out at 32.98°S, 75.45°E — 1,162 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 58m.
  • 📏 At 218.4 square miles of land, 88253 is bigger than 92% of ZIP codes — room for about 166 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population901This ZIP901
Households315This ZIP315
Housing units360This ZIP360
Median age34.0This ZIP34.0New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Median household income$85,813This ZIP$85,813New Mexico$64,059US $80,734
Median home value$168,300This ZIP$168,300New Mexico$248,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,079This ZIP$1,079New Mexico$1,067US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.3%This ZIP29.3%
Mean commute22.1 minThis ZIP22.1 min
Population density4.1 / sq miThis ZIP4.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees11This ZIP11
Annual payroll$1,971,000This ZIP$1,971,000
Tax returns filed370This ZIP370
Total adjusted gross income$29,862,000This ZIP$29,862,000

Land area

Land area218.39 sq miThis ZIP218.39 sq mi
Water area0.32 sq miThis ZIP0.32 sq mi

Counties 88253 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Chaves County 74.0%
Eddy County 26.0%

Other place names in 88253

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

ZIP codes near 88253

ZIPCityDistance
88230 Dexter, NM 18.5 mi
88211 Artesia, NM 20.5 mi
88202 Roswell, NM 23.2 mi
88210 Artesia, NM 23.8 mi
88232 Hagerman, NM 24.0 mi
88254 Lakewood, NM 26.0 mi
88250 Hope, NM 30.5 mi
88255 Loco Hills, NM 34.1 mi
88343 Picacho, NM 34.6 mi
88203 Roswell, NM 35.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 88253?

88253 is in Lake Arthur, New Mexico, in Chaves County, part of the Roswell, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.9838, -104.5506.

What county is 88253 in?

88253 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 88253?

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

What time zone is 88253 in?

88253 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 88253?

About 901 people live in ZIP code 88253, in 315 households, at 4.1 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 88253?

$85,813 a year, against $64,059 across New Mexico.

What ZIP codes are near 88253?

The closest are 88230 (18.5 mi), 88211 (20.5 mi), 88202 (23.2 mi), 88210 (23.8 mi) and 88232 (24 mi).

Is 88253 a PO Box ZIP code?

88253 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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