| City: | El Paso, Texas |
| County: | El Paso County |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:48:30 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 915 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 31.7589, -106.4866 |
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The post office maintains 369 PO Boxes serving 316 registered businesses. That's a higher business-to-box ratio than typical residential facilities, indicating commercial adoption. With zero street delivery routes in this ZIP, every piece of mail goes to a numbered box. The surrounding standard ZIP code 79910 handles street delivery for the broader area.
El Paso's position along the U.S.-Mexico border shapes mail service patterns throughout the city. Businesses operating in cross-border trade often maintain separate box addresses for reliability and customs documentation. The concentration of 316 businesses using this facility suggests commercial clients value the consistency of box delivery over residential carrier routes.
The facility sits within the Cielo Vista commercial corridor, positioned between neighborhoods like Cielo Vista North and Montclair. These nearby residential areas receive standard carrier delivery through other ZIP codes. The 79998 designation exists purely for organized box service, allowing businesses and individuals to separate their mailing address from their physical location. That's common in urban areas where post office box facilities serve specific commercial or organizational needs rather than geographic boundaries.
This ZIP code has no street delivery records. All mail service operates through PO Box assignments at the postal facility.
ZIP Code 79998 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 3 business establishments, employing about 45 people with an annual payroll of $3,154,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 339Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 3Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $724,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $3,154,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 45Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 79998 is located in El Paso County, Texas, within the El Paso, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 21340) and Texas's 16th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 869,606 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 79998. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | El Paso, TXSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 21340Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 869,606Source: 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 79998 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.