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77059

ZIP 77059 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
18,767
Coordinates
29.6135, -95.1187
☼ Live from 77059 — Houston, TX

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Where 77059 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77059
  • 🔢 Type 77059 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,059 = 263 × 293. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77058 (Houston, TX, 4 mi away) and 77060 (Houston, TX, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77059 becomes 95077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Watsonville, CA, 1,613 miles away.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09775, 57709, 57790, 59077, 59707, 70759, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09775 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,941 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯732 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77059 and you would come out at 29.61°S, 84.88°E — 1,429 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 9.2 square miles of land, 77059 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,767This ZIP18,767
Households6,540This ZIP6,540
Housing units6,783This ZIP6,783
Median age46.7This ZIP46.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$161,944This ZIP$161,944Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$416,700This ZIP$416,700Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,815This ZIP$1,815Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher64.4%This ZIP64.4%
Mean commute27.6 minThis ZIP27.6 min
Population density2,032.4 / sq miThis ZIP2,032.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments267This ZIP267
Employees3,734This ZIP3,734
Annual payroll$240,188,000This ZIP$240,188,000
Tax returns filed8,780This ZIP8,780
Total adjusted gross income$1,618,842,000This ZIP$1,618,842,000

Land area

Land area9.23 sq miThis ZIP9.23 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Other place names in 77059

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ZIP codes near 77059

ZIPCityDistance
77505 Pasadena, TX 2.8 mi
77062 Houston, TX 2.8 mi
77508 Pasadena, TX 3.1 mi
77507 Pasadena, TX 3.4 mi
77058 Houston, TX 3.8 mi
77034 Houston, TX 4.5 mi
77504 Pasadena, TX 4.9 mi
77598 Webster, TX 5.2 mi
77586 Seabrook, TX 5.3 mi
77536 Deer Park, TX 5.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77059?

77059 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6135, -95.1187.

What county is 77059 in?

77059 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77059?

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

What time zone is 77059 in?

77059 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77059?

About 18,767 people live in ZIP code 77059, in 6,540 households, at 2,032.4 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 77059?

$161,944 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77059?

The closest are 77505 (2.8 mi), 77062 (2.8 mi), 77508 (3.1 mi), 77507 (3.4 mi) and 77058 (3.8 mi).

Is 77059 a PO Box ZIP code?

77059 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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