Zip lookup · TX

79838
Fabens, Texas.

Fabens, El Paso County, TX · El Paso, TX metro · population 4,969

What it costs per month · 79838 $857/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$484 (+130%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $14,559 +10%
$148,777$163,336 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $40,097 +33%
$123,239$163,336 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 79838 $857 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 79838$857
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 79838 rose 9.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Fabens, TX — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $163,336 as of Sep 2026
+9.8%year on year

Typical home value — 79838

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 79838 $163,336 El Paso $233,011 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 79838$163,336
  • El Paso$233,011
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.8 79836 Clint 7,711 — $215,047
6.9 79849 San Elizario 14,409 — $181,966
7.4 79853 Tornillo 2,686 — $183,679
12.1 79927 El Paso 44,444 $1,660 $206,350
13.2 79928 El Paso 86,599 $1,808 $262,067
17.4 79907 El Paso 46,365 $1,288 $179,541

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.