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77029

ZIP 77029 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
16,154
Coordinates
29.7594, -95.2566
☼ Live from 77029 — Houston, TX

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Where 77029 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77029
  • 🔢 Type 77029 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GZOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 77029 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77028 (Houston, TX, 5 mi away) and 77030 (Houston, TX, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77029 becomes 92077, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02779, 07927, 09727, 09772, 20779, 20797, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09772 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,937 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯721 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77029 and you would come out at 29.76°S, 84.74°E — 1,442 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 10.6 square miles of land, 77029 is bigger than 28% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,154This ZIP16,154
Households5,470This ZIP5,470
Housing units6,292This ZIP6,292
Median age38.9This ZIP38.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$48,279This ZIP$48,279Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$135,100This ZIP$135,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,177This ZIP$1,177Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher7.3%This ZIP7.3%
Mean commute28.5 minThis ZIP28.5 min
Population density1,521.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,521.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments598This ZIP598
Employees16,211This ZIP16,211
Annual payroll$1,090,887,000This ZIP$1,090,887,000
Tax returns filed7,550This ZIP7,550
Total adjusted gross income$301,992,000This ZIP$301,992,000

Land area

Land area10.62 sq miThis ZIP10.62 sq mi
Water area0.27 sq miThis ZIP0.27 sq mi

Other place names in 77029

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

ZIP codes near 77029

ZIPCityDistance
77547 Galena Park, TX 1.7 mi
77013 Houston, TX 2.8 mi
77012 Houston, TX 3.0 mi
77020 Houston, TX 3.2 mi
77011 Houston, TX 3.2 mi
77023 Houston, TX 4.5 mi
77017 Houston, TX 4.7 mi
77292 Houston, TX 4.7 mi
77506 Pasadena, TX 4.8 mi
77028 Houston, TX 4.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77029?

77029 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7594, -95.2566.

What county is 77029 in?

77029 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77029?

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

What time zone is 77029 in?

77029 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77029?

About 16,154 people live in ZIP code 77029, in 5,470 households, at 1,521.7 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 77029?

$48,279 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77029?

The closest are 77547 (1.7 mi), 77013 (2.8 mi), 77012 (3 mi), 77020 (3.2 mi) and 77011 (3.2 mi).

Is 77029 a PO Box ZIP code?

77029 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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