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77070

ZIP 77070 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
58,229
Coordinates
29.9795, -95.5733
☼ Live from 77070 — Houston, TX

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Where 77070 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77070
  • 🔢 Type 77070 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,070 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 367. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77069 (Houston, TX, 3 mi away) and 77071 (Houston, TX, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77070 becomes 07077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sewaren, NJ, 1,402 miles away.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00777, 07077, 70707, 70770, 77007). The farthest-flung twin is 00777 in Juncos, PR, 2,031 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 77070 and you would come out at 29.98°S, 84.43°E — 1,465 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 13.0 square miles of land, 77070 is bigger than 31% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population58,229This ZIP58,229
Households22,107This ZIP22,107
Housing units23,488This ZIP23,488
Median age35.0This ZIP35.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$77,397This ZIP$77,397Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$288,800This ZIP$288,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,619This ZIP$1,619Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.7%This ZIP38.7%
Mean commute29.3 minThis ZIP29.3 min
Population density4,463.0 / sq miThis ZIP4,463.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,835This ZIP1,835
Employees31,546This ZIP31,546
Annual payroll$1,875,567,000This ZIP$1,875,567,000
Tax returns filed24,870This ZIP24,870
Total adjusted gross income$1,828,537,000This ZIP$1,828,537,000

Land area

Land area13.05 sq miThis ZIP13.05 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

Other place names in 77070

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ZIP codes near 77070

ZIPCityDistance
77069 Houston, TX 3.1 mi
77065 Houston, TX 4.1 mi
77064 Houston, TX 4.3 mi
77066 Houston, TX 4.5 mi
77379 Spring, TX 4.8 mi
77068 Houston, TX 5.4 mi
77429 Cypress, TX 5.6 mi
77086 Houston, TX 6.4 mi
77014 Houston, TX 6.5 mi
77095 Houston, TX 7.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77070?

77070 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9795, -95.5733.

What county is 77070 in?

77070 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77070?

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

What time zone is 77070 in?

77070 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77070?

About 58,229 people live in ZIP code 77070, in 22,107 households, at 4,463.0 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 77070?

$77,397 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77070?

The closest are 77069 (3.1 mi), 77065 (4.1 mi), 77064 (4.3 mi), 77066 (4.5 mi) and 77379 (4.8 mi).

Is 77070 a PO Box ZIP code?

77070 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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