Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/76240

76240

ZIP 76240 is in Gainesville, Texas, mostly in Cooke County; area code 940; Central time. Gainesville has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 76241.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cooke +1 more
Metro area
Gainesville, TX
Population
29,419
Coordinates
33.6616, -97.1764
☼ Live from 76240 — Gainesville, TX

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 76240 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 76240
  • 🔢 Type 76240 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhZgL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 76,240 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 953. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010100111010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 76239 (Forestburg, TX, 25 mi away) and 76241 (Gainesville, TX, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 76240 becomes 04267 — and that is a real ZIP code: North Waterford, ME, 1,586 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02467, 02476, 02647, 02746, 02764, 04267, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04762 in New Sweden, ME, 1,771 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 74%.
  • 🎯433 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 76240 and you would come out at 33.66°S, 82.82°E — 1,261 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
  • 📏 At 369.4 square miles of land, 76240 is bigger than 96% of ZIP codes — room for about 280 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 76240 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population29,419This ZIP29,419
Households11,365This ZIP11,365
Housing units12,406This ZIP12,406
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$71,502This ZIP$71,502Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$227,100This ZIP$227,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,068This ZIP$1,068Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.1%This ZIP24.1%
Mean commute23.9 minThis ZIP23.9 min
Population density79.6 / sq miThis ZIP79.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments698This ZIP698
Employees10,253This ZIP10,253
Annual payroll$564,182,000This ZIP$564,182,000
Tax returns filed12,410This ZIP12,410
Total adjusted gross income$957,200,000This ZIP$957,200,000

Land area

Land area369.42 sq miThis ZIP369.42 sq mi
Water area3.03 sq miThis ZIP3.03 sq mi

Counties 76240 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cooke County 99.9%
Grayson County 0.1%

Other place names in 76240

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 76240

ZIPCityDistance
76241 Gainesville, TX 1.1 mi
76250 Lindsay, TX 4.4 mi
73459 Thackerville, OK 8.0 mi
76253 Myra, TX 8.3 mi
76252 Muenster, TX 11.6 mi
76272 Valley View, TX 14.5 mi
76273 Whitesboro, TX 14.9 mi
76238 Era, TX 16.2 mi
76233 Collinsville, TX 18.2 mi
76263 Rosston, TX 18.5 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 76240 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 76240?

76240 is in Gainesville, Texas, in Cooke County, part of the Gainesville, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.6616, -97.1764.

What county is 76240 in?

76240 spans 2 counties: Cooke County and Grayson County. Most of it falls in Cooke County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 76240?

Gainesville uses area code 940, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 76240 in?

76240 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 76240?

About 29,419 people live in ZIP code 76240, in 11,365 households, at 79.6 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 76240?

$71,502 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 76240?

The closest are 76241 (1.1 mi), 76250 (4.4 mi), 73459 (8 mi), 76253 (8.3 mi) and 76252 (11.6 mi).

Is 76240 a PO Box ZIP code?

76240 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “76240 ZIP Code — Gainesville, Texas (Cooke County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/76240

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/76240.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.