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77043

ZIP 77043 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
29,048
Coordinates
29.8109, -95.5846
☼ Live from 77043 — Houston, TX

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Where 77043 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77043
  • 🔢 Type 77043 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,043 = 3 × 61 × 421. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77042 (Houston, TX, 5 mi away) and 77044 (Houston, TX, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77043 becomes 34077, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03774, 04737, 04773, 07734, 30477, 30747, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04773 in Saint David, ME, 1,891 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯713 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77043 and you would come out at 29.81°S, 84.42°E — 1,456 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 14.2 square miles of land, 77043 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,048This ZIP29,048
Households10,914This ZIP10,914
Housing units11,506This ZIP11,506
Median age35.7This ZIP35.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$79,359This ZIP$79,359Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$411,100This ZIP$411,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,553This ZIP$1,553Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.0%This ZIP41.0%
Mean commute26.6 minThis ZIP26.6 min
Population density2,051.0 / sq miThis ZIP2,051.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,220This ZIP1,220
Employees27,881This ZIP27,881
Annual payroll$2,112,945,000This ZIP$2,112,945,000
Tax returns filed15,190This ZIP15,190
Total adjusted gross income$1,714,817,000This ZIP$1,714,817,000

Land area

Land area14.16 sq miThis ZIP14.16 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 77043

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ZIP codes near 77043

ZIPCityDistance
77079 Houston, TX 2.5 mi
77041 Houston, TX 3.2 mi
77080 Houston, TX 3.8 mi
77084 Houston, TX 4.7 mi
77042 Houston, TX 5.1 mi
77077 Houston, TX 5.2 mi
77040 Houston, TX 5.5 mi
77055 Houston, TX 5.6 mi
77024 Houston, TX 5.6 mi
77413 Barker, TX 6.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77043?

77043 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.8109, -95.5846.

What county is 77043 in?

77043 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77043?

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

What time zone is 77043 in?

77043 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77043?

About 29,048 people live in ZIP code 77043, in 10,914 households, at 2,051.0 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 77043?

$79,359 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77043?

The closest are 77079 (2.5 mi), 77041 (3.2 mi), 77080 (3.8 mi), 77084 (4.7 mi) and 77042 (5.1 mi).

Is 77043 a PO Box ZIP code?

77043 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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