| City: | El Paso, Texas |
| County: | El Paso County |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:28:14 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 915 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 31.7588, -106.4866 |
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ZIP 88526 in El Paso, Texas operates as a PO Box-only facility near the U.S.-Mexico border. The ZIP serves customers who need secure, permanent mailing addresses in this international gateway city.
This isn't a residential neighborhood. The ZIP contains no street delivery routes, no rural carrier routes, and no physical addresses for homes or businesses. Instead, it provides PO Box service exclusively. Customers from surrounding areas use this post office to receive mail when street delivery isn't available or doesn't meet their needs.
The post office sits in the Cielo Vista area of El Paso, surrounded by neighborhoods with Spanish names that reflect the region's binational character. Cielo Vista North, Cielo Vista East, and Cielo Vista South lie within half a mile. Montclair and Cork are about a mile away. These nearby communities have standard street delivery through other ZIP codes, but residents sometimes choose PO Boxes here for packages, business mail, or when they live across the border.
El Paso County spans the border region where Texas meets Mexico. The broader community is predominantly Hispanic, reflecting decades of cross-border connection. While this particular ZIP doesn't have population data of its own, it serves an area where binational families, businesses, and cultural ties create unique mail service needs. PO Boxes offer consistent delivery addresses that don't change with residential moves between cities or countries.
The facility carries a standard ZIP code despite having no street delivery because it processes mail through a dedicated post office. That's different from street carrier ZIPs that deliver to houses. This pattern is common in border cities where post offices serve customers from both sides of the international boundary who need reliable U.S. mailing addresses.
This ZIP contains no street delivery records. It operates exclusively as a PO Box facility.
ZIP Code 88526 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 88526 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 88526. 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 88526 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.