Estimated median household income in 2007: $37,517
| This zip code: | $37,517 | | New Mexico: | $41,452 |
Nearest zip codes: 88231, 79745, 88265, 79789, 88240, 79754.
Percentage of family households:
| This zip code: | 74.8% | | Whole state: | 68.8% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This zip code: | 2.5% | | Whole state: | 6.4% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in zip code 88252 with a mortgage: 192 (4 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 369
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $600
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $225
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 17.7% | | Whole state: | 18.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 8.7% | | Whole state: | 7.6% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 5.7 | | State: | 5.6 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.9 | | State: | 4.0 |
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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 88252: West Windmill (A), Whitten Ranch (B), Diamond and a Half Ranch (C), Dinwiddie Ranch (D), Woodley Windmills (E), Doom (F), Yates Windmill (G), Double X Ranch (H), Coats Windmill (I), Battle-axe Ranch (J), Humphreys Windmill (K), Beckham Ranch (L), Bell Lake Windmill (M), Hutchin Windmill (N), Fairview Windmill (O), Big Windmill (P), New Windmill (Q), North K Windmill (R), Ochoa Weather Station (S), Brimminstool Ranch (T). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Jal Cooper Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Rock Lake (A), Bell Lake (B), Old Lake (C), West Dinwiddie Tank (D), Dinwiddie Tanks (E), Dirt Tank (F), Croft Tank (G), Buff Tank (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 0
- 1995 to 1998: 19
- 1990 to 1994: 14
- 1980 to 1989: 113
- 1970 to 1979: 129
- 1960 to 1969: 288
- 1950 to 1959: 328
- 1940 to 1949: 84
- 1939 or earlier: 63
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Jal, NM (88252): |
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- no bedroom: 3
- 1 bedrooms: 23
- 2 bedrooms: 118
- 3 bedrooms: 416
- 4 bedrooms: 65
- 5 or more bedrooms: 10
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 7
- 1 bedrooms: 9
- 2 bedrooms: 61
- 3 bedrooms: 69
- 4 bedrooms: 10
- 5 or more bedrooms: 0
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Vehicles available in 88252 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 35
- 1 vehicle: 177
- 2 vehicles: 264
- 3 vehicles: 113
- 4 vehicles: 25
- 5 or more vehicles: 21
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 28
- 1 vehicle: 70
- 2 vehicles: 38
- 3 vehicles: 18
- 4 vehicles: 0
- 5 or more vehicles: 2
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 88252:
- Less than $10,000: 60
- $10,000 to $14,999: 30
- $15,000 to $19,999: 35
- $20,000 to $24,999: 37
- $25,000 to $29,999: 47
- $30,000 to $34,999: 43
- $35,000 to $39,999: 38
- $40,000 to $49,999: 74
- $50,000 to $59,999: 61
- $60,000 to $69,999: 58
- $70,000 to $79,999: 31
- $80,000 to $89,999: 25
- $90,000 to $99,999: 22
- $100,000 to $124,999: 35
- $125,000 to $149,999: 32
- $150,000 to $174,999: 7
- $175,000 to $199,999: 8
- $200,000 to $249,999: 2
- $250,000 to $299,999: 2
- $300,000 to $399,999: 3
- $400,000 to $499,999: 6
- $750,000 to $999,999: 1
- $1,000,000 or more: 2
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 88252:
- Less than $100: 5
- $100 to $149: 8
- $150 to $199: 15
- $200 to $249: 14
- $250 to $299: 12
- $300 to $349: 10
- $350 to $399: 1
- No cash rent: 56
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $16,425.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $51,252
- Black or African American householders: $58,808
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $36,960
- Some other race householders: $27,268
- Two or more races householders: $27,761
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $29,568
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $50,400 (it was $27,500 in 2000)
| 88252: | $50,400 | | New Mexico: | $155,400 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $20,411 - $67,324
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $62,802| Here: | $62,802 | | State: | $230,092 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $604,288| Here: | $604,288 | | State: | $217,226 |
In 2-unit structures: $12,492| Here: | $12,492 | | State: | $213,438 |
Mobile homes: $35,153| Here: | $35,153 | | State: | $56,348 |
Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $25,625| Here: | $25,625 | | State: | $42,007 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 925
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 81
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 573 (81%)
- Carpooled: 101 (14%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 2 (0%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 143
- 5 to 9 minutes: 195
- 10 to 14 minutes: 65
- 15 to 19 minutes: 42
- 20 to 24 minutes: 31
- 25 to 29 minutes: 29
- 30 to 34 minutes: 66
- 35 to 39 minutes: 6
- 40 to 44 minutes: 11
- 45 to 59 minutes: 42
- 60 to 89 minutes: 62
- 90 or more minutes: 12
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 84.1%
Household type by relationship
Households: 2,102
- In family households: 1,888 (521 male householders, 86 female householders)
493 spouses, 661 children (569 natural, 14 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 77 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 21 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 214 (74 male householders (63 living alone)), 123 female householders (121 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 286 2-persons, 92 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 184 1-person, 12 2-persons, 1 4-persons.
402 married couples with children.
117 single-parent households (35 men, 82 women).
66.0% of residents of 88252 zip code speak English at home.
33.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% very well, 18% well, 14% not well, 9% not at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).
Foreign born population: 273 (13.0%)
(34.1% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 13.0% | | Whole state: | 8.2% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (96%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (1%)
- Korea (1%)
- Pakistan (1%)
- Malaysia (1%)
- Canada (1%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 29
- 1990 to 1994: 38
- 1985 to 1989: 11
- 1980 to 1984: 44
- 1975 to 1979: 41
- 1970 to 1974: 39
- 1970 to 1974: 43
- 1965 to 1969: 28
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White population: 1,401
Black population: 12
American Indian population: 29
Asian population: 1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 557
Two or more races population: 92

First ancestries reported:
|  Other groups: 1036 |
|  United States or American: 226 |
|  Irish: 100 |
|  German: 91 |
|  English: 81 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 23 |
|  French (except Basque): 21 |
|  Dutch: 21 |
|  Italian: 8 |
|  French Canadian: 7 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 7 |
|  Dutch West Indian: 7 |
|  Scottish: 4 |
|  European: 2 |
|  Czech: 2 |
|  Belgian: 2 |
|  Norwegian: 2 |
|  Polish: 2 |
|  Swedish: 2 |

Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- MADERA 36 STATE NO 1 (15.1 MI SW OF JAL in JAL, NM)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
STATE MASTER (New Mexico tracking) - AIRS/AFS-350250347, AIR PROGRAM
Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Organizations: CHEVRON MIDCONTINENT LP, PURE RESOURCES LP (OWNS)
- JAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA (301 W MINNESOTA AVE in JAL, NM)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-34251064
Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Organizations: JAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- JAL JR HIGH (7TH AND WYOMING in JAL, NM)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-34251060
Organizations: JAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- JAL HIGH (105 E UTAH AVENUE in JAL, NM)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-34251066
Organizations: JAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- DUKE ENERGY - BELL LAKE COMPRESSOR STATION (22 MI NW OF JAL in JAL, NM)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION
Business NAICS classification: PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS.
Alternative names: DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICES - BELL LAKE COMPRESSOR STATION, DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICES BELL LAKE COM, DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICE, LP BELL LAKE, DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICES, LP DUKE ENER, DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICES SOUTHWEST, IN, KAISED-FRANCIS OIL COMPANY, KAISER-FRANCIS BELL LAKE COMP STA, KAISER-FRANCIS/BELL LAKE COMP STA___1547, KAISER-FRANCIS KAISER-FRANCIS - BELL LAK
- COTTON DRAW UNIT NO76 FACILITY (35 MI E OF JAL in JAL, NM)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
STATE MASTER (New Mexico tracking)
Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Organizations: DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY LP
- JAL WAREHOUSE (1200 SOUTH 3RD ST in JAL, NM)
Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: EL PASO NATURAL GAS CO (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: EPNG-JAL WAREHOUSE
- DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICES - WHITE SUPERIOR 8G825 NO2254 (22.5 MILES NW in JAL, NM)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
Business SIC classification: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION
Alternative names: DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICES DUKE ENERGY F, DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICE, LP CS, DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICES, LP DUKE ENER, DUKE ENERGY FIELD SERVICES SOUTHWEST INC
- CITATION/ANTELOPE RDG COMP STA_______651 (18 MI NW OF JAL in JAL, NM)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
Business SIC classification: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION
Business NAICS classification: PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS.
Alternative names: CITATION OIL & GAS
- CLAY OSBORN PROPERTY (11 ROCKY TOP LANE in JAL, NM)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
- COTTON DRAW GAS PLANT (35 MILES SW OF JAL in JAL, NM)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Alternative names: EL PASO FIELD SERVC. COTTON DRAW EL PAS, EL PASO FIELD SERVICES, EL PASO FIELD SERVICES COTTON DRAW GAS P
- EL PASO NAT GAS CO JAL #4 FIELD PLT (11MI ON HWY #18 in JAL, NM)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: UNKNOWN (CONTACT/OWNER)
- GLORIETA W UNIT TANK BATTERY (5 MILES N OF JAL in JAL, NM)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION
Business NAICS classification: PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS.
Alternative names: TEXACO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION INC., TEXACO/GLORIETA W UNIT TANK BATT____1340
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,879
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 7%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 497
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 62
- South: 1139
- West: 97
67% of the 88252 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 17% lived in New Mexico.
Population in 1990: 2,335. Population change in the 1990s: -243 (-10.4%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 0.7% | | New Mexico: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% | | New Mexico: | 7.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 22.5% | | New Mexico: | 11.9% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Mining: Natural Gas Liquid Extraction (50-99 employees: 1 establishment, 10-19 employees: 2 establishments)
- Finance and Insurance: Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (20-49: 1, 5-9: 1)
- Construction: Electrical Contractors (20-49: 1)
- Mining: Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations (10-19: 1, 5-9: 2)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (10-19: 1)
- Information: Libraries and Archives (10-19: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
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