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Hobbs, NM ZIP Codes

4 ZIP codes use the postal name Hobbs, New Mexico (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 3 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $63,270 in 88240 to $90,000 in 88242, 1.4 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Hobbs's most populous ZIP code is 88240, with 41,557 people (ACS 2020-2024); 4% of its land is in the city of Hobbs.

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  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Hobbs's ZIP codes?

88240: $63k median household income88242: $90k median household income88244: – median household income882408824288240: $63k median household income88242: $90k median household income88244: – median household income882408824288240: $63k median household income88242: $90k median household income88244: – median household income8824088242
The 3 residential ZIP codes named Hobbs, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Hobbs's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 88242 ($90,000), the lowest in 88240 ($63,270). Home values run from $186,900 in 88240 to $260,200 in 88242.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 3 residential ZIP codes of Hobbs

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Hobbs, NM, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
88240 Lea County 41,557 69 $63k $187k
88242 Lea County 8,472 120 $90k $260k
88244 Lea County 1,105 20,463 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Hobbs

1 ZIP code named Hobbs has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Hobbs, NM: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
88241Lea County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Hobbs's ZIP codes reach?

Hobbs's residential ZIP codes lie in Lea County.

Which places do Hobbs's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Hobbs's residential ZIP codes cover Hobbs itself and 2 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Nadine census-designated 88240
  • North Hobbs census-designated 88242

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Hobbs's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Hobbs starts with 882.

Three-digit prefixes of Hobbs's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Hobbs's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
882 Lubbock, TX (SCF 793) 4 28

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.