Zip lookup · NM

88260
Lovington, New Mexico.

Lovington, Lea County, NM · Hobbs, NM metro · population 15,160

What it costs per month · 88260 $978/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$123 (+14%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,489 +5%
$177,854$186,342 since Sep 2025
5 years
Down $39,282 -17%
$225,624$186,342 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 88260 $978 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 88260$978
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.

Typical home values in zip 88260 rose 4.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $186,342 as of Sep 2026
+4.8%year on year

Typical home value — 88260

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 88260 $186,342 Hobbs $196,515 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 88260$186,342
  • Hobbs$196,515
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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