| City: | Lubbock, Texas |
| County: | Lubbock County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:35:19 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 33.5776, -101.8549 |
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ZIP code 79408 serves a concentrated part of downtown Lubbock, where postal operations center on Avenue L. The post office maintains 350 PO Boxes and handles delivery for approximately 390 businesses in this tight commercial zone. Two city carrier routes cover the limited street delivery area.
This isn't a residential ZIP. The postal facility operates primarily as a business mail center, with no recorded residential population in the zone itself. Street delivery focuses on Avenue L, where 191 delivery points include units within the United States Postal Service building. The setup reflects downtown Lubbock's commercial density, where businesses rely on PO Boxes while the facility also processes carrier route mail for the surrounding city delivery network.
Avenue L is the only street with delivery records, and most delivery points are units within the postal facility building itself. This reflects the ZIP's role as a postal operations center rather than a traditional delivery zone.
ZIP Code 79408 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 39 business establishments, employing about 725 people with an annual payroll of $52,777,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 5,612Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 39Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $12,818,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $52,777,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 725Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 79408 is located in Lubbock County, Texas, within the Lubbock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 31180) and Texas's 19th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 354,782 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 79408. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Lubbock, TXSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 31180Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 354,782Source: Census |
| MSA: | Lubbock, TX MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 19Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 25835.59 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4845000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Lubbock city; TexasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 79408 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.