Zip lookup · NM

88252
Jal, New Mexico.

Jal, Lea County, NM · Hobbs, NM metro · population 2,364

What it costs per month · 88252 $746/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — $286 (-28%) since Feb 2022.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $6,965 -5%
$149,111$142,147 since Sep 2025

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 88252 $746 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 88252$746
  • United States$1,922

Typical home values in zip 88252 fell 4.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $142,147 as of Sep 2026
-4.7%year on year

Typical home value — 88252

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 88252 $142,147 Hobbs $196,515 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2022 2024 2026
  • 88252$142,147
  • Hobbs$196,515
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

10 mi 20 mi 50 mi
Miles Zip City Population Rent Home value
19.4 88231 Eunice 3,255 — $155,266

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