Zip lookup · NM

88044
La Mesa, New Mexico.

La Mesa, Dona Ana County, NM · Las Cruces, NM metro · population 2,618

What it costs per month · 88044 $1,541/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$788 (+105%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $4,377 +2%
$289,278$293,655 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $40,202 +16%
$253,453$293,655 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 88044 $1,541 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 88044$1,541
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 24 years.

Typical home values in zip 88044 rose 1.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $293,655 as of Sep 2026
+1.5%year on year

Typical home value — 88044

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 88044 $293,655 Las Cruces $285,348 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 88044$293,655
  • Las Cruces$285,348
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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