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77081

ZIP 77081 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
50,129
Coordinates
29.7128, -95.4785
☼ Live from 77081 — Houston, TX

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Where 77081 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77081
  • 🔢 Type 77081 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 77081 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77080 (Houston, TX, 8 mi away) and 77082 (Houston, TX, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77081 becomes 18077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Riegelsville, PA, 1,362 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01778, 07718, 07871, 17078, 17087, 17870, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01778 in Wayland, MA, 1,597 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯721 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77081 and you would come out at 29.71°S, 84.52°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 3.3 square miles of land, 77081 is bigger than 15% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population50,129This ZIP50,129
Households19,337This ZIP19,337
Housing units21,033This ZIP21,033
Median age28.5This ZIP28.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$43,251This ZIP$43,251Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$274,000This ZIP$274,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,014This ZIP$1,014Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.0%This ZIP18.0%
Mean commute29.6 minThis ZIP29.6 min
Population density15,419.6 / sq miThis ZIP15,419.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments893This ZIP893
Employees14,468This ZIP14,468
Annual payroll$796,712,000This ZIP$796,712,000
Tax returns filed16,050This ZIP16,050
Total adjusted gross income$687,306,000This ZIP$687,306,000

Land area

Land area3.25 sq miThis ZIP3.25 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 77081

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

ZIP codes near 77081

ZIPCityDistance
77401 Bellaire, TX 1.2 mi
77057 Houston, TX 2.3 mi
77056 Houston, TX 2.5 mi
77096 Houston, TX 2.6 mi
77027 Houston, TX 2.7 mi
77074 Houston, TX 2.8 mi
77063 Houston, TX 3.0 mi
77046 Houston, TX 3.1 mi
77025 Houston, TX 3.2 mi
77005 Houston, TX 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77081?

77081 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7128, -95.4785.

What county is 77081 in?

77081 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77081?

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

What time zone is 77081 in?

77081 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77081?

About 50,129 people live in ZIP code 77081, in 19,337 households, at 15,419.6 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 77081?

$43,251 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77081?

The closest are 77401 (1.2 mi), 77057 (2.3 mi), 77056 (2.5 mi), 77096 (2.6 mi) and 77027 (2.7 mi).

Is 77081 a PO Box ZIP code?

77081 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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