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77053

ZIP 77053 is in Houston, Texas, mostly in Fort Bend County; area codes 713, 832, 346 and 281; Central time. Houston has 178 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Fort Bend +1 more
Population
30,198
Coordinates
29.5857, -95.4613
☼ Live from 77053 — Houston, TX

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Where 77053 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77053
  • 🔢 Type 77053 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,053 = 29 × 2657. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77052 (Houston, TX, 14 mi away) and 77054 (Houston, TX, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77053 becomes 35077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hanceville, AL, 592 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05737, 05773, 07735, 07753, 30577, 30757, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05737 in Chittenden, VT, 1,580 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯729 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77053 and you would come out at 29.59°S, 84.54°E — 1,439 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 15m.
  • 📏 At 11.4 square miles of land, 77053 is bigger than 29% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population30,198This ZIP30,198
Households9,756This ZIP9,756
Housing units9,988This ZIP9,988
Median age38.2This ZIP38.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$66,510This ZIP$66,510Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$172,900This ZIP$172,900Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,622This ZIP$1,622Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.7%This ZIP12.7%
Mean commute29.6 minThis ZIP29.6 min
Population density2,653.8 / sq miThis ZIP2,653.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments207This ZIP207
Employees7,088This ZIP7,088
Annual payroll$570,703,000This ZIP$570,703,000
Tax returns filed13,970This ZIP13,970
Total adjusted gross income$529,245,000This ZIP$529,245,000

Land area

Land area11.38 sq miThis ZIP11.38 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Counties 77053 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Fort Bend County 69.0%
Harris County 31.0%

Other place names in 77053

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

ZIP codes near 77053

ZIPCityDistance
77085 Houston, TX 2.8 mi
77545 Fresno, TX 3.4 mi
77489 Missouri City, TX 3.4 mi
77045 Houston, TX 4.6 mi
77047 Houston, TX 4.8 mi
77035 Houston, TX 4.9 mi
77071 Houston, TX 5.8 mi
77459 Missouri City, TX 6.0 mi
77497 Stafford, TX 6.2 mi
77096 Houston, TX 6.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77053?

77053 is in Houston, Texas, in Fort Bend County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.5857, -95.4613.

What county is 77053 in?

77053 spans 2 counties: Fort Bend County and Harris County. Most of it falls in Fort Bend County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 77053?

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

What time zone is 77053 in?

77053 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77053?

About 30,198 people live in ZIP code 77053, in 9,756 households, at 2,653.8 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 77053?

$66,510 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77053?

The closest are 77085 (2.8 mi), 77545 (3.4 mi), 77489 (3.4 mi), 77045 (4.6 mi) and 77047 (4.8 mi).

Is 77053 a PO Box ZIP code?

77053 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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