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77016

ZIP 77016 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
29,841
Coordinates
29.8624, -95.2977
☼ Live from 77016 — Houston, TX

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Where 77016 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77016
  • 🔢 Type 77016 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,016 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3209. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77015 (Houston, TX, 10 mi away) and 77017 (Houston, TX, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77016 becomes 61077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Seward, IL, 917 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01776, 07716, 17067, 17076, 17607, 17760, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01776 in Sudbury, MA, 1,580 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯713 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77016 and you would come out at 29.86°S, 84.70°E — 1,449 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 9.9 square miles of land, 77016 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,841This ZIP29,841
Households9,912This ZIP9,912
Housing units11,218This ZIP11,218
Median age36.8This ZIP36.8Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$47,677This ZIP$47,677Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$125,000This ZIP$125,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,210This ZIP$1,210Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.9%This ZIP11.9%
Mean commute28.7 minThis ZIP28.7 min
Population density3,011.5 / sq miThis ZIP3,011.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments201This ZIP201
Employees2,651This ZIP2,651
Annual payroll$146,262,000This ZIP$146,262,000
Tax returns filed13,290This ZIP13,290
Total adjusted gross income$474,793,000This ZIP$474,793,000

Land area

Land area9.91 sq miThis ZIP9.91 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 77016

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ZIP codes near 77016

ZIPCityDistance
77093 Houston, TX 2.6 mi
77028 Houston, TX 2.7 mi
77078 Houston, TX 3.2 mi
77050 Houston, TX 3.3 mi
77001 Houston, TX 3.5 mi
77039 Houston, TX 4.5 mi
77026 Houston, TX 4.7 mi
77076 Houston, TX 5.1 mi
77022 Houston, TX 5.3 mi
77037 Houston, TX 5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77016?

77016 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.8624, -95.2977.

What county is 77016 in?

77016 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77016?

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

What time zone is 77016 in?

77016 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77016?

About 29,841 people live in ZIP code 77016, in 9,912 households, at 3,011.5 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 77016?

$47,677 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77016?

The closest are 77093 (2.6 mi), 77028 (2.7 mi), 77078 (3.2 mi), 77050 (3.3 mi) and 77001 (3.5 mi).

Is 77016 a PO Box ZIP code?

77016 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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