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77068

ZIP 77068 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
13,189
Coordinates
30.0071, -95.4884
☼ Live from 77068 — Houston, TX

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Where 77068 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77068
  • 🔢 Type 77068 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,068 = 2 × 2 × 19267. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77067 (Houston, TX, 5 mi away) and 77069 (Houston, TX, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77068 becomes 86077, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06778, 06787, 06877, 07876, 67870, 68770, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06778 in Northfield, CT, 1,485 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯701 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77068 and you would come out at 30.01°S, 84.51°E — 1,464 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 3.8 square miles of land, 77068 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,189This ZIP13,189
Households4,418This ZIP4,418
Housing units4,889This ZIP4,889
Median age33.8This ZIP33.8Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$86,028This ZIP$86,028Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$328,600This ZIP$328,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,327This ZIP$1,327Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.8%This ZIP32.8%
Mean commute30.2 minThis ZIP30.2 min
Population density3,476.3 / sq miThis ZIP3,476.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments372This ZIP372
Employees4,123This ZIP4,123
Annual payroll$243,181,000This ZIP$243,181,000
Tax returns filed6,090This ZIP6,090
Total adjusted gross income$463,289,000This ZIP$463,289,000

Land area

Land area3.79 sq miThis ZIP3.79 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 77068

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

ZIP codes near 77068

ZIPCityDistance
77014 Houston, TX 2.0 mi
77069 Houston, TX 2.5 mi
77090 Houston, TX 2.9 mi
77379 Spring, TX 3.5 mi
77066 Houston, TX 3.6 mi
77388 Spring, TX 4.0 mi
77067 Houston, TX 4.5 mi
77073 Houston, TX 5.3 mi
77070 Houston, TX 5.4 mi
77086 Houston, TX 6.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77068?

77068 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.0071, -95.4884.

What county is 77068 in?

77068 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77068?

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

What time zone is 77068 in?

77068 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77068?

About 13,189 people live in ZIP code 77068, in 4,418 households, at 3,476.3 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 77068?

$86,028 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77068?

The closest are 77014 (2 mi), 77069 (2.5 mi), 77090 (2.9 mi), 77379 (3.5 mi) and 77066 (3.6 mi).

Is 77068 a PO Box ZIP code?

77068 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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