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76272

ZIP 76272 is Valley View, Texas, mostly in Cooke County; area code 940; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cooke +1 more
Metro area
Gainesville, TX
Population
5,335
Coordinates
33.4560, -97.1271
☼ Live from 76272 — Valley View, TX

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Where 76272 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 76272
  • 🔢 Type 76272 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLZgL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 76,272 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 × 227. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010100111110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 76271 (Tioga, TX, 12 mi away) and 76273 (Whitesboro, TX, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 76272 becomes 27267, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27627, 62277, 67227, 72672, 72762, 76227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27627 in Raleigh, NC, 1,063 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 74%.
  • 🎯448 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 76272 and you would come out at 33.46°S, 82.87°E — 1,275 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
  • 📏 At 96.4 square miles of land, 76272 is bigger than 77% of ZIP codes — room for about 73 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,335This ZIP5,335
Households1,930This ZIP1,930
Housing units2,048This ZIP2,048
Median age43.2This ZIP43.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$81,174This ZIP$81,174Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$362,100This ZIP$362,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$829This ZIP$829Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.3%This ZIP20.3%
Mean commute34.3 minThis ZIP34.3 min
Population density55.3 / sq miThis ZIP55.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments92This ZIP92
Employees822This ZIP822
Annual payroll$38,336,000This ZIP$38,336,000
Tax returns filed2,790This ZIP2,790
Total adjusted gross income$258,869,000This ZIP$258,869,000

Land area

Land area96.40 sq miThis ZIP96.40 sq mi
Water area19.36 sq miThis ZIP19.36 sq mi

Counties 76272 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cooke County 95.7%
Denton County 4.3%

Other place names in 76272

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ZIP codes near 76272

ZIPCityDistance
76266 Sanger, TX 7.6 mi
76271 Tioga, TX 12.3 mi
76258 Pilot Point, TX 12.7 mi
76238 Era, TX 13.0 mi
76241 Gainesville, TX 13.4 mi
76250 Lindsay, TX 13.7 mi
76240 Gainesville, TX 14.5 mi
76233 Collinsville, TX 14.7 mi
76227 Aubrey, TX 14.9 mi
76209 Denton, TX 15.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 76272?

76272 is in Valley View, Texas, in Cooke County, part of the Gainesville, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.4560, -97.1271.

What county is 76272 in?

76272 spans 2 counties: Cooke County and Denton 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 76272?

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

What time zone is 76272 in?

76272 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 76272?

About 5,335 people live in ZIP code 76272, in 1,930 households, at 55.3 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 76272?

$81,174 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 76272?

The closest are 76266 (7.6 mi), 76271 (12.3 mi), 76258 (12.7 mi), 76238 (13 mi) and 76241 (13.4 mi).

Is 76272 a PO Box ZIP code?

76272 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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