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77055

ZIP 77055 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
45,435
Coordinates
29.7969, -95.4927
☼ Live from 77055 — Houston, TX

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Where 77055 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77055
  • 🔢 Type 77055 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,055 = 3 × 5 × 11 × 467. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110011111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77054 (Houston, TX, 10 mi away) and 77056 (Houston, TX, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77055 becomes 55077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Inver Grove Heights, MN, 1,046 miles away.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05757, 05775, 07755, 50577, 55077, 55707, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05757 in Middletown Springs, VT, 1,551 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯715 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77055 and you would come out at 29.80°S, 84.51°E — 1,452 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 8.4 square miles of land, 77055 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population45,435This ZIP45,435
Households16,680This ZIP16,680
Housing units18,349This ZIP18,349
Median age35.2This ZIP35.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$74,369This ZIP$74,369Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$624,200This ZIP$624,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,263This ZIP$1,263Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.6%This ZIP41.6%
Mean commute24.9 minThis ZIP24.9 min
Population density5,418.0 / sq miThis ZIP5,418.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,806This ZIP1,806
Employees26,059This ZIP26,059
Annual payroll$1,365,587,000This ZIP$1,365,587,000
Tax returns filed18,150This ZIP18,150
Total adjusted gross income$3,448,889,000This ZIP$3,448,889,000

Land area

Land area8.39 sq miThis ZIP8.39 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 77055

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ZIP codes near 77055

ZIPCityDistance
77024 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77080 Houston, TX 2.3 mi
77092 Houston, TX 2.6 mi
77056 Houston, TX 3.7 mi
77057 Houston, TX 3.7 mi
77202 Houston, TX 4.3 mi
77205 Houston, TX 4.3 mi
77206 Houston, TX 4.3 mi
77207 Houston, TX 4.3 mi
77213 Houston, TX 4.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77055?

77055 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7969, -95.4927.

What county is 77055 in?

77055 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77055?

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

What time zone is 77055 in?

77055 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77055?

About 45,435 people live in ZIP code 77055, in 16,680 households, at 5,418.0 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 77055?

$74,369 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77055?

The closest are 77024 (2.2 mi), 77080 (2.3 mi), 77092 (2.6 mi), 77056 (3.7 mi) and 77057 (3.7 mi).

Is 77055 a PO Box ZIP code?

77055 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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