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77044

ZIP 77044 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
58,347
Coordinates
29.9063, -95.1806
☼ Live from 77044 — Houston, TX

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Where 77044 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77044
  • 🔢 Type 77044 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,044 = 2 × 2 × 11 × 17 × 103. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77043 (Houston, TX, 25 mi away) and 77045 (Houston, TX, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77044 becomes 44077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Painesville, OH, 1,127 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04747, 04774, 07474, 44077, 44707, 47407, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04774 in Saint Francis, ME, 1,833 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯712 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77044 and you would come out at 29.91°S, 84.82°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 13m.
  • 📏 At 39.1 square miles of land, 77044 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population58,347This ZIP58,347
Households18,172This ZIP18,172
Housing units19,083This ZIP19,083
Median age33.2This ZIP33.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$95,000This ZIP$95,000Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$294,200This ZIP$294,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,577This ZIP$1,577Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.2%This ZIP34.2%
Mean commute32.3 minThis ZIP32.3 min
Population density1,492.4 / sq miThis ZIP1,492.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments545This ZIP545
Employees8,500This ZIP8,500
Annual payroll$424,816,000This ZIP$424,816,000
Tax returns filed24,640This ZIP24,640
Total adjusted gross income$1,856,375,000This ZIP$1,856,375,000

Land area

Land area39.10 sq miThis ZIP39.10 sq mi
Water area7.54 sq miThis ZIP7.54 sq mi

Other place names in 77044

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ZIP codes near 77044

ZIPCityDistance
77078 Houston, TX 5.3 mi
77050 Houston, TX 5.3 mi
77049 Houston, TX 5.4 mi
77396 Humble, TX 5.5 mi
77346 Humble, TX 5.9 mi
77532 Crosby, TX 7.6 mi
77016 Houston, TX 7.6 mi
77347 Humble, TX 8.0 mi
77013 Houston, TX 8.3 mi
77028 Houston, TX 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77044?

77044 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9063, -95.1806.

What county is 77044 in?

77044 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77044?

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

What time zone is 77044 in?

77044 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77044?

About 58,347 people live in ZIP code 77044, in 18,172 households, at 1,492.4 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 77044?

$95,000 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77044?

The closest are 77078 (5.3 mi), 77050 (5.3 mi), 77049 (5.4 mi), 77396 (5.5 mi) and 77346 (5.9 mi).

Is 77044 a PO Box ZIP code?

77044 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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