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77009

ZIP 77009 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
35,769
Coordinates
29.7953, -95.3676
☼ Live from 77009 — Houston, TX

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Where 77009 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77009
  • 🔢 Type 77009 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,009 = 53 × 1453. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77008 (Houston, TX, 3 mi away) and 77010 (Houston, TX, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77009 becomes 90077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Los Angeles, CA, 1,383 miles away.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00977, 07079, 07097, 07970, 09077, 09707, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09770 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,939 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯717 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77009 and you would come out at 29.80°S, 84.63°E — 1,448 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 14m.
  • 📏 At 6.2 square miles of land, 77009 is bigger than 21% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population35,769This ZIP35,769
Households15,721This ZIP15,721
Housing units18,528This ZIP18,528
Median age38.2This ZIP38.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$83,148This ZIP$83,148Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$420,200This ZIP$420,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,305This ZIP$1,305Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.1%This ZIP41.1%
Mean commute25.4 minThis ZIP25.4 min
Population density5,773.8 / sq miThis ZIP5,773.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments797This ZIP797
Employees6,348This ZIP6,348
Annual payroll$262,064,000This ZIP$262,064,000
Tax returns filed17,280This ZIP17,280
Total adjusted gross income$1,931,954,000This ZIP$1,931,954,000

Land area

Land area6.20 sq miThis ZIP6.20 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 77009

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

ZIP codes near 77009

ZIPCityDistance
77052 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77201 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77203 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77208 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77209 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77210 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77212 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77252 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77253 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77297 Houston, TX 2.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77009?

77009 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7953, -95.3676.

What county is 77009 in?

77009 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77009?

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

What time zone is 77009 in?

77009 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77009?

About 35,769 people live in ZIP code 77009, in 15,721 households, at 5,773.8 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 77009?

$83,148 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77009?

The closest are 77052 (2.2 mi), 77201 (2.2 mi), 77203 (2.2 mi), 77208 (2.2 mi) and 77209 (2.2 mi).

Is 77009 a PO Box ZIP code?

77009 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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