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77006

ZIP 77006 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
24,892
Coordinates
29.7409, -95.3913
☼ Live from 77006 — Houston, TX

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Where 77006 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77006
  • 🔢 Type 77006 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,006 = 2 × 139 × 277. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77005 (Houston, TX, 2 mi away) and 77007 (Houston, TX, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77006 becomes 60077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Skokie, IL, 950 miles away.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00677, 00767, 06077, 06770, 07067, 07076, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00767 in Yabucoa, PR, 2,022 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯720 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77006 and you would come out at 29.74°S, 84.61°E — 1,446 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 2.3 square miles of land, 77006 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population24,892This ZIP24,892
Households14,697This ZIP14,697
Housing units17,031This ZIP17,031
Median age33.8This ZIP33.8Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$106,533This ZIP$106,533Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$614,800This ZIP$614,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,802This ZIP$1,802Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher78.9%This ZIP78.9%
Mean commute21.3 minThis ZIP21.3 min
Population density10,869.9 / sq miThis ZIP10,869.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,046This ZIP1,046
Employees15,124This ZIP15,124
Annual payroll$779,367,000This ZIP$779,367,000
Tax returns filed12,770This ZIP12,770
Total adjusted gross income$2,391,873,000This ZIP$2,391,873,000

Land area

Land area2.29 sq miThis ZIP2.29 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 77006

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

ZIP codes near 77006

ZIPCityDistance
77098 Houston, TX 1.5 mi
77019 Houston, TX 1.6 mi
77002 Houston, TX 1.9 mi
77004 Houston, TX 2.0 mi
77010 Houston, TX 2.1 mi
77052 Houston, TX 2.3 mi
77201 Houston, TX 2.3 mi
77203 Houston, TX 2.3 mi
77208 Houston, TX 2.3 mi
77209 Houston, TX 2.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77006?

77006 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7409, -95.3913.

What county is 77006 in?

77006 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77006?

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

What time zone is 77006 in?

77006 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77006?

About 24,892 people live in ZIP code 77006, in 14,697 households, at 10,869.9 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 77006?

$106,533 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77006?

The closest are 77098 (1.5 mi), 77019 (1.6 mi), 77002 (1.9 mi), 77004 (2 mi) and 77010 (2.1 mi).

Is 77006 a PO Box ZIP code?

77006 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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