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77072

ZIP 77072 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
57,108
Coordinates
29.7004, -95.5850
☼ Live from 77072 — Houston, TX

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Where 77072 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77072
  • 🔢 Type 77072 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,072 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 4817. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77071 (Houston, TX, 5 mi away) and 77073 (Houston, TX, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77072 becomes 27077, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02777, 07727, 20777, 27707, 70727, 70772, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02777 in Swansea, MA, 1,592 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯720 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77072 and you would come out at 29.70°S, 84.41°E — 1,450 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 7.4 square miles of land, 77072 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population57,108This ZIP57,108
Households18,278This ZIP18,278
Housing units20,271This ZIP20,271
Median age35.7This ZIP35.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$51,070This ZIP$51,070Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$187,800This ZIP$187,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,300This ZIP$1,300Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.0%This ZIP18.0%
Mean commute29.4 minThis ZIP29.4 min
Population density7,698.6 / sq miThis ZIP7,698.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments898This ZIP898
Employees18,771This ZIP18,771
Annual payroll$1,337,657,000This ZIP$1,337,657,000
Tax returns filed23,810This ZIP23,810
Total adjusted gross income$823,874,000This ZIP$823,874,000

Land area

Land area7.42 sq miThis ZIP7.42 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 77072

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

ZIP codes near 77072

ZIPCityDistance
77411 Alief, TX 1.0 mi
77099 Houston, TX 2.0 mi
77036 Houston, TX 2.9 mi
77042 Houston, TX 3.1 mi
77082 Houston, TX 3.7 mi
77083 Houston, TX 3.8 mi
77031 Houston, TX 4.1 mi
77074 Houston, TX 4.2 mi
77063 Houston, TX 4.5 mi
77077 Houston, TX 5.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77072?

77072 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7004, -95.5850.

What county is 77072 in?

77072 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77072?

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

What time zone is 77072 in?

77072 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77072?

About 57,108 people live in ZIP code 77072, in 18,278 households, at 7,698.6 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 77072?

$51,070 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77072?

The closest are 77411 (1 mi), 77099 (2 mi), 77036 (2.9 mi), 77042 (3.1 mi) and 77082 (3.7 mi).

Is 77072 a PO Box ZIP code?

77072 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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