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Lea County, NM ZIP Codes

Lea County, New Mexico has 13 ZIP codes (Census 2020 ZCTA-county file; GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 11 residential and 2 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income ranges from $63,270 in 88240 to $90,000 in 88242 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024).

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020

Where are the ZIP codes of Lea County?

88114 · Crossroads: –88231 · Eunice: $51k88240 · Hobbs: $63k88242 · Hobbs: $90k88252 · Jal: –88260 · Lovington: $76k88262 · McDonald: –88264 · Maljamar: –88265 · Monument: –88267 · Tatum: $52k8826088267882528824088231881148826488242882658826288114 · Crossroads: –88231 · Eunice: $51k88240 · Hobbs: $63k88242 · Hobbs: $90k88252 · Jal: –88260 · Lovington: $76k88262 · McDonald: –88264 · Maljamar: –88265 · Monument: –88267 · Tatum: $52k8826088267882528824088231881148826488242882658826288114 · Crossroads: –88231 · Eunice: $51k88240 · Hobbs: $63k88242 · Hobbs: $90k88252 · Jal: –88260 · Lovington: $76k88262 · McDonald: –88264 · Maljamar: –88265 · Monument: –88267 · Tatum: $52k8826088267882528824088231881148826488265
The residential ZIP codes of Lea County (whole outlines, including the parts in neighboring counties), shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). <$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 its ZIP codes?

They carry 9 postal town names.

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

All 11 residential ZIP codes in Lea County

Residential ZIP codes mainly in Lea County, largest first; "In this county" is the share of the ZIP's land in the county
In this county
88240 Hobbs 41,557 69 $63k $187k 100%
88260 Lovington 15,160 19 $76k $175k 100%
88242 Hobbs 8,472 120 $90k $260k 100%
88231 Eunice 3,255 9 $51k $129k 100%
88252 Jal 2,364 3 – $98k 100%
88267 Tatum 1,347 2 $52k $111k 100%
88244 Hobbs 1,105 20,463 – – 100%
88265 Monument 432 6 – $261k 100%
88262 McDonald 20 0 – – 100%
88114 Crossroads 12 0 – – 100%
88264 Maljamar 9 0 – – 100%

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; county shares by land area (Census 2020 ZCTA-county relationship file).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes

ZIP codes in Lea County without a residential area (GeoNames postal codes)
ZIPPostal name
88213Caprock
88241Hobbs

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).

Which first three digits do Lea County's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Lea County's ZIP codes use 2 prefixes: 881 and 882.

Three-digit prefixes of Lea County'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 Lea County's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
881 Lubbock, TX (SCF 793) 1 23
882 Lubbock, TX (SCF 793) 12 28

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