Código postal 88242 — Hobbs, NM

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El código postal 88242 cubre Hobbs, New Mexico, con una población de unos 7,684 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $88,654.

Población: 7,684109 per square mile
Edad media: 33.84.9 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $88,6541.4× the New Mexico median
Tasa de pobreza: 11.3%1.1 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $294,633up 3.6% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,2901.3× the New Mexico median
Título universitario o superior: 15.1%19.9 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 85.1%20.1 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Mountain UTC-07:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 84

Dónde está 88242

Hobbs, New Mexico — 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	7,684
Edad media	33.8
Hogares familiares	70.4%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	15.9%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	41.4%
Blanca (no hispana)	43.6%
Negra (no hispana)	0%
Asiática (no hispana)	0%
Hispana o latina	54%
Veteranos	5.2%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$88,654
Ingreso por persona	$36,740
Tasa de pobreza	11.3%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	12.3%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	8.0%
$10–15k	3.3%
$15–20k	7.3%
$20–25k	1.8%
$25–30k	2.0%
$30–35k	2.6%
$35–40k	2.7%
$40–45k	0.2%
$45–50k	0.1%
$50–60k	5.0%
$60–75k	6.8%
$75–100k	20.2%
$100–125k	8.7%
$125–150k	5.9%
$150–200k	11.6%
$200k or more	13.8%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	3,290
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$92,933
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	7.6%
Returns, under $25k	25.8%
Returns, $25k–$50k	19.8%
Returns, $50k–$75k	14.6%
Returns, $75k–$100k	11.6%
Returns, $100k–$200k	20.7%
Returns, $200k or more	7.6%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$218,700
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,290
Ocupada por su propietario	85.1%
Viviendas vacías	8.4%
Año medio de construcción	1994

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	63.4%
Casa adosada	0.3%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	5.5%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	0.3%
Casa móvil	27.9%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	2.5%

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	$294,633as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 6.2%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 3.6%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 26%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$261,751 in 2014 to $294,633 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	8.2%
Licenciatura o superior	15.1%
Bachillerato o superior	84%
Trabaja desde casa	0.7%
Conduce solo al trabajo	81.4%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	9.3%

Salud

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

Obesidad	35.1% 1.7 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	10.7% 1.3 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	14.5% 1.3 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	32.1% 2 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	22% 1.7 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	16.2% 4.9 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	22.7% 0.8 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	25.7% same as the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	23.1% 2 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	16.7% 0.7 pts above the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	71.3% 3.4 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	6.5% 1.2 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	9.8% 0.6 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	6% same as the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	66.1% 10.6 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	81.5% 4.4 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	16.3% 1.5 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	55.1% 9.2 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	6.4% same as the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	59.8% 1.5 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	33.1% 2.4 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	25.7% 0.9 pts above the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	19.7% 2.6 pts above the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	15.3% 1 pts above the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	7.1% same as the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	33.2% 3 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	16.6% 2.8 pts above the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	8.8% same as the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	10.3% 1.1 pts above the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	35.9% 1.5 pts above the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	68.9% 7 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	17.3% 0.5 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	14% same as the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	14.6% 1.1 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	4.2% same as the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	10.6% 1.8 pts above the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	31.8% 4.6 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	3.2% same as the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	14.1% 1.1 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	6.1% 0.5 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	84
Personas empleadas	858
Nómina anual	$54,213,000

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 86.4% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Moderate to Very High en los 5 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	83.3 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	0.6 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.

Incendio forestal	99.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	94.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	90.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	85.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	85.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	84.7Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	75.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	68Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	54.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	52Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	47.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	38.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	14Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	9.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con New Mexico 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	New Mexico	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$88,654	$62,125	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$36,740	$34,823	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	11.3%	18.1%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$218,700	$232,200	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,290	$1,021	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	85.1%	69.3%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	15.1%	30.2%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	8.2%	6%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	0.7%	11%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	15.9%	9.2%	13.9%
Edad media	33.8	39.2	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	HOBBS, NM US9.7 km away
Lluvia al año	14 in
Nieve al año	2 in

Average high and low by month

enero	55.1°F / 29.6°F0.5 in rain, 0.9 in snow
febrero	60.7°F / 33°F0.53 in rain, 0.2 in snow
marzo	68.5°F / 39.5°F0.63 in rain
abril	77.1°F / 47.5°F0.76 in rain, 0.1 in snow
mayo	85.3°F / 57.3°F1.91 in rain
junio	93.4°F / 65.1°F1.27 in rain
julio	94.1°F / 68.7°F1.74 in rain
agosto	92°F / 67.7°F2.06 in rain
septiembre	84.6°F / 60.7°F2.46 in rain
octubre	76°F / 49.7°F0.87 in rain, 0.1 in snow
noviembre	63.6°F / 38.1°F0.53 in rain
diciembre	55.7°F / 30.5°F0.51 in rain, 0.5 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	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	6% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code

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 2 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Hobbs Municipal Schools	61.7% de la superficie de este código postal
Lovington Public Schools	38.3% 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	70más vulnerable que el 70% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	77más vulnerable que el 77% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	58más vulnerable que el 58% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	72más vulnerable que el 72% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	50más vulnerable que el 50% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.6 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

88241 Hobbs, NM	a 8.8 km
88240 Hobbs, NM	a 10 km
88244 Hobbs, NM	a 12.2 km
88260 Lovington, NM	a 23.7 km
88265 Monument, NM	a 26.9 km
79323 Denver City, TX	a 35.4 km
88262 Mcdonald, NM	a 39.6 km
88231 Eunice, NM	a 41.3 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.

Lea County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Mountain (UTC-07:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	70.37 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.08 sq mi
Densidad de población	109 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	32.8105, -103.1587

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.