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77079

ZIP 77079 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
37,276
Coordinates
29.7780, -95.6031
☼ Live from 77079 — Houston, TX

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Where 77079 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77079
  • 🔢 Type 77079 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,079 = 3 × 25693. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77078 (Houston, TX, 22 mi away) and 77080 (Houston, TX, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77079 becomes 97077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Beaverton, OR, 1,827 miles away.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07977, 09777, 77970, 79077, 79707, 79770, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09777 in FPO AE, a military post office, 5,033 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯715 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77079 and you would come out at 29.78°S, 84.40°E — 1,455 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 14m.
  • 📏 At 7.7 square miles of land, 77079 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population37,276This ZIP37,276
Households15,423This ZIP15,423
Housing units16,800This ZIP16,800
Median age34.7This ZIP34.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$101,995This ZIP$101,995Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$679,900This ZIP$679,900Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,615This ZIP$1,615Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher68.2%This ZIP68.2%
Mean commute24.7 minThis ZIP24.7 min
Population density4,819.1 / sq miThis ZIP4,819.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,797This ZIP1,797
Employees47,984This ZIP47,984
Annual payroll$6,907,947,000This ZIP$6,907,947,000
Tax returns filed16,290This ZIP16,290
Total adjusted gross income$3,341,222,000This ZIP$3,341,222,000

Land area

Land area7.74 sq miThis ZIP7.74 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Other place names in 77079

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ZIP codes near 77079

ZIPCityDistance
77043 Houston, TX 2.5 mi
77077 Houston, TX 2.9 mi
77042 Houston, TX 3.6 mi
77082 Houston, TX 4.3 mi
77411 Alief, TX 4.6 mi
77084 Houston, TX 4.8 mi
77413 Barker, TX 4.9 mi
77072 Houston, TX 5.5 mi
77080 Houston, TX 5.6 mi
77041 Houston, TX 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77079?

77079 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7780, -95.6031.

What county is 77079 in?

77079 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77079?

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

What time zone is 77079 in?

77079 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77079?

About 37,276 people live in ZIP code 77079, in 15,423 households, at 4,819.1 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 77079?

$101,995 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77079?

The closest are 77043 (2.5 mi), 77077 (2.9 mi), 77042 (3.6 mi), 77082 (4.3 mi) and 77411 (4.6 mi).

Is 77079 a PO Box ZIP code?

77079 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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