| City: | El Paso, Texas |
| County: | El Paso County |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:28:11 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 915 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 31.7588, -106.4866 |
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The ZIP has no residential population, no land area designated for carrier routes, and no street delivery infrastructure. What it does have is a post office that processes mail for people across the broader El Paso metro area who prefer or require PO Box service. This pattern appears frequently in border cities where cross-border commerce, international mail forwarding, and privacy needs drive PO Box demand beyond what local street addresses would suggest.
The facility sits within the 79910 ZIP code's geographic boundaries, near the Cielo Vista neighborhoods. Three nearby communities—Cielo Vista North, Cielo Vista East, and Cielo Vista South—all sit within a mile of the post office location. These are predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods (over 80% across the area) that reflect El Paso's binational character. Residents in these areas get home delivery through their own ZIP codes but may maintain boxes at 88521 for business mail, package delivery from carriers that don't deliver to all addresses, or correspondence that crosses the international border regularly.
Border cities like El Paso maintain PO Box facilities that serve populations well beyond the immediate neighborhood. The administrative separation between street delivery ZIPs and PO Box-only designations reflects USPS's operational structure more than community geography. For customers, the distinction matters only when filling out forms—mail gets delivered either way.
No street delivery exists in this ZIP code. It operates exclusively as a PO Box facility with no carrier routes or delivery addresses.
ZIP Code 88521 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: 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 88521 is located in El Paso County, Texas, within the El Paso, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 21340). This Metro area has a population of 800,647 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 88521. 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: | 800,647Source: Census |
| MSA: | El Paso, TX MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | No DistrictsSource: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 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 88521 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.