| City: | El Paso, Texas |
| Names to Avoid: | El Paso Electric Co |
| County: | El Paso County |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 6:14:34 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 915 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 31.7589, -106.4866 |
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El Paso Electric Company, a regional utility with roots dating to August 30, 1901, operates under dedicated ZIP code 79960 in El Paso County, Texas. The company began as El Paso Electric Railway Company, evolving from a mule-drawn streetcar operation that started in 1882. By 1925 the company had shifted focus to electricity generation and distribution, adopting its current name and expanding into southern New Mexico. Today El Paso Electric serves approximately 400,000 customers across a 10,000-square-mile service territory stretching from Hatch, New Mexico to Van Horn, Texas.
Located in the Union Plaza neighborhood of Downtown El Paso, this unique postal designation has served the utility for more than twenty years. A single delivery code routes correspondence to the company's operations. Census demographic data is not available for this ZIP. El Paso is the valid mailing city.
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
ZIP Code 79960 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 79960 is located in El Paso County, Texas, within the Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA ) and Texas's 16th Congressional District. This area has a population of 800,647 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 79960. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Number: | --Source: Census |
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| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 800,647Source: Census |
| MSA: | El Paso, TX MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 16Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 710.35 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4824000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | El Paso city; TexasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 79960 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 February 1, 2026.