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77078

ZIP 77078 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
14,247
Coordinates
29.8541, -95.2448
☼ Live from 77078 — Houston, TX

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Where 77078 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77078
  • 🔢 Type 77078 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,078 = 2 × 17 × 2267. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77077 (Houston, TX, 25 mi away) and 77079 (Houston, TX, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77078 becomes 87077, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07877, 70778, 70787, 77087, 77708, 77807, …). The farthest-flung twin is 07877 in Swartswood, NJ, 1,380 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯714 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77078 and you would come out at 29.85°S, 84.76°E — 1,447 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 10.3 square miles of land, 77078 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,247This ZIP14,247
Households5,057This ZIP5,057
Housing units5,595This ZIP5,595
Median age34.9This ZIP34.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$39,093This ZIP$39,093Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$162,100This ZIP$162,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,297This ZIP$1,297Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.1%This ZIP14.1%
Mean commute33.0 minThis ZIP33.0 min
Population density1,384.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,384.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments98This ZIP98
Employees2,572This ZIP2,572
Annual payroll$155,543,000This ZIP$155,543,000
Tax returns filed6,290This ZIP6,290
Total adjusted gross income$213,064,000This ZIP$213,064,000

Land area

Land area10.29 sq miThis ZIP10.29 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Other place names in 77078

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

ZIP codes near 77078

ZIPCityDistance
77028 Houston, TX 3.2 mi
77016 Houston, TX 3.2 mi
77050 Houston, TX 3.7 mi
77013 Houston, TX 4.1 mi
77001 Houston, TX 4.8 mi
77044 Houston, TX 5.3 mi
77093 Houston, TX 5.9 mi
77049 Houston, TX 5.9 mi
77396 Humble, TX 6.3 mi
77026 Houston, TX 6.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77078?

77078 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.8541, -95.2448.

What county is 77078 in?

77078 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77078?

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

What time zone is 77078 in?

77078 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77078?

About 14,247 people live in ZIP code 77078, in 5,057 households, at 1,384.8 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 77078?

$39,093 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77078?

The closest are 77028 (3.2 mi), 77016 (3.2 mi), 77050 (3.7 mi), 77013 (4.1 mi) and 77001 (4.8 mi).

Is 77078 a PO Box ZIP code?

77078 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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