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77056

ZIP 77056 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
22,877
Coordinates
29.7482, -95.4689
☼ Live from 77056 — Houston, TX

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Where 77056 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77056
  • 🔢 Type 77056 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,056 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 × 43. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77055 (Houston, TX, 4 mi away) and 77057 (Houston, TX, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77056 becomes 65077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Steedman, MO, 657 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05677, 05767, 05776, 06757, 07657, 07675, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05677 in Waterbury Center, VT, 1,603 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯718 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77056 and you would come out at 29.75°S, 84.53°E — 1,449 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 3.5 square miles of land, 77056 is bigger than 15% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population22,877This ZIP22,877
Households12,929This ZIP12,929
Housing units15,768This ZIP15,768
Median age43.1This ZIP43.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$93,499This ZIP$93,499Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$860,900This ZIP$860,900Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,840This ZIP$1,840Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher73.5%This ZIP73.5%
Mean commute22.0 minThis ZIP22.0 min
Population density6,617.6 / sq miThis ZIP6,617.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments2,674This ZIP2,674
Employees56,519This ZIP56,519
Annual payroll$8,617,411,000This ZIP$8,617,411,000
Tax returns filed12,500This ZIP12,500
Total adjusted gross income$5,246,932,000This ZIP$5,246,932,000

Land area

Land area3.46 sq miThis ZIP3.46 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 77056

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ZIP codes near 77056

ZIPCityDistance
77057 Houston, TX 1.2 mi
77027 Houston, TX 1.5 mi
77046 Houston, TX 2.4 mi
77081 Houston, TX 2.5 mi
77024 Houston, TX 2.6 mi
77401 Bellaire, TX 3.1 mi
77063 Houston, TX 3.3 mi
77098 Houston, TX 3.3 mi
77019 Houston, TX 3.4 mi
77005 Houston, TX 3.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77056?

77056 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7482, -95.4689.

What county is 77056 in?

77056 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77056?

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

What time zone is 77056 in?

77056 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77056?

About 22,877 people live in ZIP code 77056, in 12,929 households, at 6,617.6 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 77056?

$93,499 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77056?

The closest are 77057 (1.2 mi), 77027 (1.5 mi), 77046 (2.4 mi), 77081 (2.5 mi) and 77024 (2.6 mi).

Is 77056 a PO Box ZIP code?

77056 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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