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88350

ZIP 88350 is Timberon, New Mexico, in Otero County; area code 575; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Otero
Metro area
Alamogordo, NM
Population
479
Coordinates
32.6139, -105.6528
☼ Live from 88350 — Timberon, NM

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Where 88350 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 88350
  • 🔢 Type 88350 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSEBB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 88,350 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 19 × 31. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101100100011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 88349 (Sunspot, NM, 16 mi away) and 88351 (Tinnie, NM, 67 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 88350 becomes 05388, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03588, 03858, 03885, 05838, 08835, 08853, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03588 in Milan, NH, 2,015 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯635 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 88350 and you would come out at 32.61°S, 74.35°E — 1,176 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 46.4 square miles of land, 88350 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 35 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population479This ZIP479
Households74This ZIP74
Housing units375This ZIP375
Median age59.3This ZIP59.3New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher73.8%This ZIP73.8%
Population density10.3 / sq miThis ZIP10.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees34This ZIP34
Annual payroll$533,000This ZIP$533,000
Tax returns filed160This ZIP160
Total adjusted gross income$6,174,000This ZIP$6,174,000

Land area

Land area46.40 sq miThis ZIP46.40 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 88350

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

ZIP codes near 88350

ZIPCityDistance
88347 Sacramento, NM 9.9 mi
88354 Weed, NM 12.6 mi
88349 Sunspot, NM 15.8 mi
88317 Cloudcroft, NM 17.5 mi
88325 High Rolls Mountain Park, NM 20.4 mi
88311 Alamogordo, NM 23.9 mi
88310 Alamogordo, NM 24.0 mi
88344 Pinon, NM 26.4 mi
88337 La Luz, NM 29.7 mi
88339 Mayhill, NM 30.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 88350?

88350 is in Timberon, New Mexico, in Otero County, part of the Alamogordo, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.6139, -105.6528.

What county is 88350 in?

88350 lies in Otero County.

What area code is 88350?

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

What time zone is 88350 in?

88350 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 88350?

About 479 people live in ZIP code 88350, in 74 households, at 10.3 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 88350?

The closest are 88347 (9.9 mi), 88354 (12.6 mi), 88349 (15.8 mi), 88317 (17.5 mi) and 88325 (20.4 mi).

Is 88350 a PO Box ZIP code?

88350 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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