Código postal 79938 — El Paso, TX

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El código postal 79938 cubre El Paso, Texas, con una población de unos 97,851 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $75,801.

Población: 97,851251 per square mile
Edad media: 29.59.2 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $75,801about the Texas median
Tasa de pobreza: 11.2%1.2 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $255,905up 29.5% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,4331.1× the Texas median
Título universitario o superior: 27.6%7.4 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 81.2%16.2 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Mountain UTC-07:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 770

Dónde está 79938

El Paso, Texas — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	97,851
Edad media	29.5
Hogares familiares	80%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	19.9%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	63.5%
Blanca (no hispana)	10.5%
Negra (no hispana)	3.7%
Asiática (no hispana)	0.6%
Hispana o latina	82.9%
Veteranos	9.9%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$75,801
Ingreso por persona	$27,095
Tasa de pobreza	11.2%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	16.4%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	4.9%
$10–15k	2.7%
$15–20k	1.7%
$20–25k	3.3%
$25–30k	2.0%
$30–35k	3.3%
$35–40k	3.2%
$40–45k	4.1%
$45–50k	3.1%
$50–60k	7.6%
$60–75k	13.4%
$75–100k	16.7%
$100–125k	10.8%
$125–150k	8.1%
$150–200k	10.6%
$200k or more	4.4%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	41,990
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$59,427
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	1.9%
Returns, under $25k	32.0%
Returns, $25k–$50k	26.7%
Returns, $50k–$75k	17.0%
Returns, $75k–$100k	9.7%
Returns, $100k–$200k	12.7%
Returns, $200k or more	1.9%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$199,700
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,433
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	32.3%
Ocupada por su propietario	81.2%
Viviendas vacías	3.9%
Año medio de construcción	2010

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	84.3%
Casa adosada	1.5%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	4.1%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	1.3%
20 o más viviendas	1.7%
Casa móvil	6.9%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.2%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$255,905as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 1.8%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 29.5%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 61.7%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$1,769as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 1.9%
Typical asking rent, 5 years	up 29%
Typical asking rent, 10 years	up 57.1%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$128,152 in 2000 to $255,905 in 2026.

Alquiler típico solicitado

$1,131 in 2015 to $1,769 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	6.5%
Licenciatura o superior	27.6%
Bachillerato o superior	84.9%
Trabaja desde casa	7.6%
Conduce solo al trabajo	76.9%
Usa el transporte público	0.2%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	17.2%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	32.1% 1.3 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	11% 1 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	10.9% 2.3 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	26% 8.1 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	21.6% 1.3 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	25.6% 14.3 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	20.5% 1.4 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	27.7% 2.3 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	14.6% 10.5 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	20.2% 4.2 pts above the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	67% 7.7 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	3.2% 4.5 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	8.5% 1.9 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	3.6% 2.6 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	72% 4.7 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	82.4% 3.5 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	15.9% 1.1 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	50.9% 13.4 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	3.4% 3.2 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	54.9% 6.4 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	28% 2.7 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	4.6% 2.1 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	28.5% 7.7 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	7.4% 1 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	73.6% 2.3 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	18% 1.2 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	10.9% 3.1 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	12.4% 1.1 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	3.7% same as the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	38.2% 1.8 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	2.1% 1.3 pts below the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	12.1% 0.9 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	6.4% 0.8 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	770
Personas empleadas	9,067
Nómina anual	$313,136,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 45.9% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Very Low to Relatively Moderate en los 16 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	34.9 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	0.8 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Rayos	92.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	89.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	87.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	81.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	67.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	64.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	57.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	54.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	50.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	44.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	43.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	38.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	25.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalancha	12.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	7.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Texas y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Texas	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$75,801	$76,292	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$27,095	$39,446	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	11.2%	13.8%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$199,700	$260,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,433	$1,339	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	81.2%	62.6%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	27.6%	33.1%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	6.5%	5.1%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	7.6%	12.8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	19.9%	17.2%	13.9%
Edad media	29.5	35.5	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	EL PASO 32 ENE, TX US3.4 km away
Lluvia al año	10 in
Nieve al año	7 in

Average high and low by month

enero	53.9°F / 32°F0.4 in rain, 2.5 in snow
febrero	58.9°F / 35.2°F0.48 in rain, 0.2 in snow
marzo	67.4°F / 40.8°F0.32 in rain, 0.1 in snow
abril	75.4°F / 46.4°F0.25 in rain, 0.6 in snow
mayo	84.6°F / 55.2°F0.3 in rain
junio	93.2°F / 63.5°F0.78 in rain
julio	93.1°F / 64.9°F1.8 in rain
agosto	91.3°F / 64.7°F1.76 in rain
septiembre	85.7°F / 59.7°F1.57 in rain
octubre	75.8°F / 49.7°F1.06 in rain, 0.3 in snow
noviembre	64.4°F / 39.4°F0.51 in rain, 0.1 in snow
diciembre	53.9°F / 32.7°F0.79 in rain, 3.4 in snow

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	51% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	20% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	2% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 4 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Fort Hancock Independent School District	45.5% de la superficie de este código postal
Clint Independent School District	33.7% de la superficie de este código postal
El Paso Independent School District	14.6% de la superficie de este código postal
Socorro Independent School District	6.1% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	80más vulnerable que el 80% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	84más vulnerable que el 84% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	72más vulnerable que el 72% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	86más vulnerable que el 86% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	64más vulnerable que el 64% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.2 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

79928 El Paso, TX	a 22.8 km
79936 El Paso, TX	a 32 km
79910 El Paso, TX	a 33.8 km
79914 El Paso, TX	a 33.8 km
79917 El Paso, TX	a 33.8 km
79923 El Paso, TX	a 33.8 km
79926 El Paso, TX	a 33.8 km
79929 El Paso, TX	a 33.8 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

El Paso County	54.5% of this ZIP code's land area
Hudspeth County	45.5% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Mountain (UTC-07:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	390.24 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.45 sq mi
Densidad de población	251 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	31.8045, -105.9661

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.