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77061

ZIP 77061 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
24,004
Coordinates
29.6472, -95.2762
☼ Live from 77061 — Houston, TX

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Where 77061 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77061
  • 🔢 Type 77061 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,061 = 3 × 17 × 1511. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77060 (Houston, TX, 21 mi away) and 77062 (Houston, TX, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77061 becomes 16077, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01776, 07716, 17067, 17076, 17607, 17760, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01776 in Sudbury, MA, 1,589 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯728 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77061 and you would come out at 29.65°S, 84.72°E — 1,436 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 7.5 square miles of land, 77061 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population24,004This ZIP24,004
Households8,695This ZIP8,695
Housing units9,890This ZIP9,890
Median age35.1This ZIP35.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$45,115This ZIP$45,115Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$224,400This ZIP$224,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$977This ZIP$977Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.0%This ZIP16.0%
Mean commute28.2 minThis ZIP28.2 min
Population density3,216.8 / sq miThis ZIP3,216.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments466This ZIP466
Employees14,494This ZIP14,494
Annual payroll$1,050,591,000This ZIP$1,050,591,000
Tax returns filed8,930This ZIP8,930
Total adjusted gross income$393,337,000This ZIP$393,337,000

Land area

Land area7.46 sq miThis ZIP7.46 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 77061

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

ZIP codes near 77061

ZIPCityDistance
77075 Houston, TX 1.8 mi
77587 South Houston, TX 3.0 mi
77087 Houston, TX 3.2 mi
77017 Houston, TX 3.5 mi
77048 Houston, TX 3.5 mi
77033 Houston, TX 4.0 mi
77012 Houston, TX 4.9 mi
77501 Pasadena, TX 5.0 mi
77502 Pasadena, TX 5.1 mi
77089 Houston, TX 5.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77061?

77061 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6472, -95.2762.

What county is 77061 in?

77061 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77061?

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

What time zone is 77061 in?

77061 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77061?

About 24,004 people live in ZIP code 77061, in 8,695 households, at 3,216.8 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 77061?

$45,115 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77061?

The closest are 77075 (1.8 mi), 77587 (3 mi), 77087 (3.2 mi), 77017 (3.5 mi) and 77048 (3.5 mi).

Is 77061 a PO Box ZIP code?

77061 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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