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77027

ZIP 77027 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
20,317
Coordinates
29.7393, -95.4464
☼ Live from 77027 — Houston, TX

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Where 77027 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77027
  • 🔢 Type 77027 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,027 = 17 × 23 × 197. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77026 (Houston, TX, 8 mi away) and 77028 (Houston, TX, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77027 becomes 72077, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02777, 07727, 20777, 27707, 70727, 70772, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02777 in Swansea, MA, 1,584 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯719 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77027 and you would come out at 29.74°S, 84.55°E — 1,447 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 2.7 square miles of land, 77027 is bigger than 13% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,317This ZIP20,317
Households12,173This ZIP12,173
Housing units14,123This ZIP14,123
Median age36.5This ZIP36.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$103,812This ZIP$103,812Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$859,500This ZIP$859,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,865This ZIP$1,865Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher76.1%This ZIP76.1%
Mean commute19.4 minThis ZIP19.4 min
Population density7,626.5 / sq miThis ZIP7,626.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,942This ZIP1,942
Employees41,087This ZIP41,087
Annual payroll$4,114,043,000This ZIP$4,114,043,000
Tax returns filed10,720This ZIP10,720
Total adjusted gross income$3,158,919,000This ZIP$3,158,919,000

Land area

Land area2.66 sq miThis ZIP2.66 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 77027

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ZIP codes near 77027

ZIPCityDistance
77046 Houston, TX 0.9 mi
77056 Houston, TX 1.5 mi
77098 Houston, TX 1.8 mi
77005 Houston, TX 2.0 mi
77019 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77057 Houston, TX 2.6 mi
77401 Bellaire, TX 2.6 mi
77081 Houston, TX 2.7 mi
77007 Houston, TX 3.2 mi
77006 Houston, TX 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77027?

77027 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7393, -95.4464.

What county is 77027 in?

77027 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77027?

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

What time zone is 77027 in?

77027 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77027?

About 20,317 people live in ZIP code 77027, in 12,173 households, at 7,626.5 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 77027?

$103,812 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77027?

The closest are 77046 (0.9 mi), 77056 (1.5 mi), 77098 (1.8 mi), 77005 (2 mi) and 77019 (2.2 mi).

Is 77027 a PO Box ZIP code?

77027 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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