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77005

ZIP 77005 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County; area codes 713, 832, 346 and 281; Central time. Houston has 178 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Harris
Population
28,874
Coordinates
29.7184, -95.4236
☼ Live from 77005 — Houston, TX

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Where 77005 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77005
  • 🔢 Type 77005 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,005 = 5 × 15401. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77004 (Houston, TX, 4 mi away) and 77006 (Houston, TX, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77005 becomes 50077, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00757, 00775, 05077, 05770, 07057, 07075, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00775 in Culebra, PR, 2,049 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯721 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77005 and you would come out at 29.72°S, 84.58°E — 1,445 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 14m.
  • 📏 At 3.8 square miles of land, 77005 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,874This ZIP28,874
Households10,022This ZIP10,022
Housing units10,697This ZIP10,697
Median age35.9This ZIP35.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$229,267This ZIP$229,267Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$1,395,100This ZIP$1,395,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,181This ZIP$2,181Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher87.9%This ZIP87.9%
Mean commute19.4 minThis ZIP19.4 min
Population density7,542.8 / sq miThis ZIP7,542.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,048This ZIP1,048
Employees17,091This ZIP17,091
Annual payroll$916,206,000This ZIP$916,206,000
Tax returns filed11,330This ZIP11,330
Total adjusted gross income$6,447,659,000This ZIP$6,447,659,000

Land area

Land area3.83 sq miThis ZIP3.83 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 77005

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ZIP codes near 77005

ZIPCityDistance
77098 Houston, TX 1.2 mi
77046 Houston, TX 1.2 mi
77030 Houston, TX 1.6 mi
77027 Houston, TX 2.0 mi
77025 Houston, TX 2.4 mi
77401 Bellaire, TX 2.5 mi
77006 Houston, TX 2.5 mi
77019 Houston, TX 2.5 mi
77054 Houston, TX 2.9 mi
77081 Houston, TX 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77005?

77005 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7184, -95.4236.

What county is 77005 in?

77005 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77005?

Houston uses area codes 713, 832, 346 and 281, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 77005 in?

77005 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77005?

About 28,874 people live in ZIP code 77005, in 10,022 households, at 7,542.8 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 77005?

$229,267 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77005?

The closest are 77098 (1.2 mi), 77046 (1.2 mi), 77030 (1.6 mi), 77027 (2 mi) and 77025 (2.4 mi).

Is 77005 a PO Box ZIP code?

77005 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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