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77060

ZIP 77060 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
45,340
Coordinates
29.9355, -95.3976
☼ Live from 77060 — Houston, TX

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Where 77060 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77060
  • 🔢 Type 77060 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,060 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 3853. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77059 (Houston, TX, 28 mi away) and 77061 (Houston, TX, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77060 becomes 06077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Staffordville, CT, 1,531 miles away.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00677, 00767, 06077, 06770, 07067, 07076, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00767 in Yabucoa, PR, 2,027 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯707 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77060 and you would come out at 29.94°S, 84.60°E — 1,457 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 8.1 square miles of land, 77060 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population45,340This ZIP45,340
Households14,915This ZIP14,915
Housing units16,670This ZIP16,670
Median age28.6This ZIP28.6Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$40,435This ZIP$40,435Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$156,100This ZIP$156,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,088This ZIP$1,088Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher8.1%This ZIP8.1%
Mean commute30.8 minThis ZIP30.8 min
Population density5,563.9 / sq miThis ZIP5,563.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments954This ZIP954
Employees23,566This ZIP23,566
Annual payroll$1,753,727,000This ZIP$1,753,727,000
Tax returns filed14,240This ZIP14,240
Total adjusted gross income$470,989,000This ZIP$470,989,000

Land area

Land area8.15 sq miThis ZIP8.15 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 77060

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ZIP codes near 77060

ZIPCityDistance
77038 Houston, TX 2.8 mi
77037 Houston, TX 3.1 mi
77067 Houston, TX 3.2 mi
77039 Houston, TX 3.4 mi
77073 Houston, TX 4.5 mi
77032 Houston, TX 4.7 mi
77088 Houston, TX 5.0 mi
77076 Houston, TX 5.3 mi
77014 Houston, TX 5.3 mi
77090 Houston, TX 5.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77060?

77060 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9355, -95.3976.

What county is 77060 in?

77060 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77060?

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

What time zone is 77060 in?

77060 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77060?

About 45,340 people live in ZIP code 77060, in 14,915 households, at 5,563.9 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 77060?

$40,435 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77060?

The closest are 77038 (2.8 mi), 77037 (3.1 mi), 77067 (3.2 mi), 77039 (3.4 mi) and 77073 (4.5 mi).

Is 77060 a PO Box ZIP code?

77060 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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