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77046

ZIP 77046 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
1,793
Coordinates
29.7344, -95.4331
☼ Live from 77046 — Houston, TX

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Where 77046 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 77046
  • 🔢 Type 77046 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,046 = 2 × 3 × 12841. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77045 (Houston, TX, 6 mi away) and 77047 (Houston, TX, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77046 becomes 64077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Orrick, MO, 660 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04677, 04776, 06477, 07647, 07746, 07764, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04776 in Sherman, ME, 1,837 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯720 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77046 and you would come out at 29.73°S, 84.57°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 0.107 square miles of land, 77046 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 52 football fields.
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People and housing

Population1,793This ZIP1,793
Households1,103This ZIP1,103
Housing units1,285This ZIP1,285
Median age39.9This ZIP39.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$131,932This ZIP$131,932Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$286,500This ZIP$286,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,889This ZIP$1,889Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher77.5%This ZIP77.5%
Mean commute18.3 minThis ZIP18.3 min
Population density16,757.0 / sq miThis ZIP16,757.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments425This ZIP425
Employees18,455This ZIP18,455
Annual payroll$3,153,178,000This ZIP$3,153,178,000
Tax returns filed1,160This ZIP1,160
Total adjusted gross income$310,208,000This ZIP$310,208,000

Land area

Land area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 77046

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

ZIP codes near 77046

ZIPCityDistance
77027 Houston, TX 0.9 mi
77098 Houston, TX 1.0 mi
77005 Houston, TX 1.2 mi
77019 Houston, TX 1.8 mi
77056 Houston, TX 2.4 mi
77006 Houston, TX 2.5 mi
77401 Bellaire, TX 2.7 mi
77030 Houston, TX 2.7 mi
77007 Houston, TX 2.9 mi
77081 Houston, TX 3.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77046?

77046 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7344, -95.4331.

What county is 77046 in?

77046 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77046?

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

What time zone is 77046 in?

77046 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77046?

About 1,793 people live in ZIP code 77046, in 1,103 households, at 16,757.0 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 77046?

$131,932 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77046?

The closest are 77027 (0.9 mi), 77098 (1 mi), 77005 (1.2 mi), 77019 (1.8 mi) and 77056 (2.4 mi).

Is 77046 a PO Box ZIP code?

77046 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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