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77049

ZIP 77049 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
40,418
Coordinates
29.8329, -95.1490
☼ Live from 77049 — Houston, TX

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Where 77049 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77049
  • 🔢 Type 77049 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,049 = 3 × 3 × 7 × 1223. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77048 (Houston, TX, 18 mi away) and 77050 (Houston, TX, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77049 becomes 94077, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04779, 07974, 09747, 09774, 40977, 47907, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09747 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,929 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯717 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77049 and you would come out at 29.83°S, 84.85°E — 1,443 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 24.2 square miles of land, 77049 is bigger than 41% of ZIP codes — room for about 18 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40,418This ZIP40,418
Households12,209This ZIP12,209
Housing units12,892This ZIP12,892
Median age30.3This ZIP30.3Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$62,971This ZIP$62,971Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$217,600This ZIP$217,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,587This ZIP$1,587Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.4%This ZIP14.4%
Mean commute29.0 minThis ZIP29.0 min
Population density1,670.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,670.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments466This ZIP466
Employees8,888This ZIP8,888
Annual payroll$495,693,000This ZIP$495,693,000
Tax returns filed17,190This ZIP17,190
Total adjusted gross income$891,513,000This ZIP$891,513,000

Land area

Land area24.20 sq miThis ZIP24.20 sq mi
Water area1.01 sq miThis ZIP1.01 sq mi

Other place names in 77049

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

ZIP codes near 77049

ZIPCityDistance
77530 Channelview, TX 3.7 mi
77015 Houston, TX 4.9 mi
77044 Houston, TX 5.4 mi
77562 Highlands, TX 5.6 mi
77013 Houston, TX 5.7 mi
77078 Houston, TX 5.9 mi
77029 Houston, TX 8.2 mi
77028 Houston, TX 8.2 mi
77506 Pasadena, TX 8.3 mi
77547 Galena Park, TX 8.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77049?

77049 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.8329, -95.1490.

What county is 77049 in?

77049 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77049?

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

What time zone is 77049 in?

77049 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77049?

About 40,418 people live in ZIP code 77049, in 12,209 households, at 1,670.0 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 77049?

$62,971 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77049?

The closest are 77530 (3.7 mi), 77015 (4.9 mi), 77044 (5.4 mi), 77562 (5.6 mi) and 77013 (5.7 mi).

Is 77049 a PO Box ZIP code?

77049 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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