Postal Codes

88009 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 88009 covers Playas, New Mexico.

Median age
21.816.9 points below the US average
Time zone
Mountain UTC-07:00observes daylight saving time

Where 88009 is

Playas, New Mexico — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median age21.8
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Income per person$30,948
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Vacant homes100%
Median year built1974

What the homes are

Detached house100%
Natural hazard risk

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

Overall riskHigher than 85.8% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively High
Expected annual loss77.5 out of 100
Community resilience0.5 out of 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.

Drought99.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire98.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning97Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave92.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding77.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide72.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather63.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail51.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake41.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave41.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane27.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche19Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind15.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado4.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with New Mexico and the United States

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

This ZIPNew MexicoUnited States
Median household income$62,125$78,538
Income per person$30,948$34,823$43,289
Poverty rate18.1%12.4%
Median home value$232,200$303,400
Median gross rent$1,021$1,348
Homeownership69.3%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher30.2%35%
Unemployment rate6%5.2%
Works from home11%13.5%
Born outside the US9.2%13.9%
Median age21.839.238.7
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Climate

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.

Weather stationANIMAS 3ESE, NM US18.5 km away
Rain in a year10 in
Snow in a year4 in

Average high and low by month

January57°F / 31.2°F0.71 in rain, 1.7 in snow
February61.9°F / 34.2°F0.51 in rain, 0.5 in snow
March69.2°F / 39.3°F0.4 in rain, 0.3 in snow
April77.3°F / 45°F0.18 in rain
May85.8°F / 53.6°F0.2 in rain
June94.6°F / 62.7°F0.5 in rain
July92.9°F / 67.2°F2.29 in rain
August90.1°F / 65.8°F1.95 in rain
September86.2°F / 60.6°F1 in rain
October77.6°F / 48.9°F0.99 in rain
November65.9°F / 38°F0.59 in rain, 0.2 in snow
December56.4°F / 31.2°F1.03 in rain, 0.9 in snow
Access to food

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.

Low income and far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

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%.

Animas Public Schools100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

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.

Overall social vulnerability71more vulnerable than 71% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status50more vulnerable than 50% of US census tracts
Household characteristics90more vulnerable than 90% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status67more vulnerable than 67% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport67more vulnerable than 67% of US census tracts
Walkability6 out of 20Below average
Nearby ZIP codes

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

88020 Animas, NM26.2 km away
88045 Lordsburg, NM30.3 km away
88040 Hachita, NM33.5 km away
88056 Rodeo, NM45.2 km away
85632 San Simon, AZ51.5 km away
Location, counties and time zone

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.

Hidalgo County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneMountain (UTC-07:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area1.86 sq mi
Latitude, longitude32.0550, -108.6291

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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