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77074

ZIP 77074 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
38,660
Coordinates
29.6879, -95.5157
☼ Live from 77074 — Houston, TX

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Where 77074 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77074
  • 🔢 Type 77074 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,074 = 2 × 89 × 433. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77073 (Houston, TX, 23 mi away) and 77075 (Houston, TX, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77074 becomes 47077, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04777, 07747, 70747, 70774, 74077, 77047, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04777 in Stacyville, ME, 1,836 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯722 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77074 and you would come out at 29.69°S, 84.48°E — 1,447 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 5.5 square miles of land, 77074 is bigger than 20% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population38,660This ZIP38,660
Households13,233This ZIP13,233
Housing units15,245This ZIP15,245
Median age33.1This ZIP33.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$47,810This ZIP$47,810Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$213,000This ZIP$213,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,085This ZIP$1,085Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.8%This ZIP20.8%
Mean commute27.8 minThis ZIP27.8 min
Population density7,029.1 / sq miThis ZIP7,029.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,273This ZIP1,273
Employees23,370This ZIP23,370
Annual payroll$1,210,527,000This ZIP$1,210,527,000
Tax returns filed14,350This ZIP14,350
Total adjusted gross income$578,387,000This ZIP$578,387,000

Land area

Land area5.50 sq miThis ZIP5.50 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 77074

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ZIP codes near 77074

ZIPCityDistance
77036 Houston, TX 1.5 mi
77096 Houston, TX 2.3 mi
77071 Houston, TX 2.5 mi
77081 Houston, TX 2.8 mi
77031 Houston, TX 3.1 mi
77063 Houston, TX 3.3 mi
77035 Houston, TX 3.5 mi
77401 Bellaire, TX 3.5 mi
77057 Houston, TX 4.2 mi
77072 Houston, TX 4.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77074?

77074 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6879, -95.5157.

What county is 77074 in?

77074 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77074?

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

What time zone is 77074 in?

77074 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77074?

About 38,660 people live in ZIP code 77074, in 13,233 households, at 7,029.1 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 77074?

$47,810 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77074?

The closest are 77036 (1.5 mi), 77096 (2.3 mi), 77071 (2.5 mi), 77081 (2.8 mi) and 77031 (3.1 mi).

Is 77074 a PO Box ZIP code?

77074 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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