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77086

ZIP 77086 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
28,653
Coordinates
29.9190, -95.4916
☼ Live from 77086 — Houston, TX

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Where 77086 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77086
  • 🔢 Type 77086 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gBOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,086 = 2 × 38543. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77085 (Houston, TX, 21 mi away) and 77087 (Houston, TX, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77086 becomes 68077, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06778, 06787, 06877, 07876, 67870, 68770, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06778 in Northfield, CT, 1,489 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯707 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77086 and you would come out at 29.92°S, 84.51°E — 1,459 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 6.8 square miles of land, 77086 is bigger than 22% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,653This ZIP28,653
Households8,725This ZIP8,725
Housing units9,245This ZIP9,245
Median age33.9This ZIP33.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$58,200This ZIP$58,200Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$208,800This ZIP$208,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,255This ZIP$1,255Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.6%This ZIP10.6%
Mean commute28.6 minThis ZIP28.6 min
Population density4,193.3 / sq miThis ZIP4,193.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments518This ZIP518
Employees10,113This ZIP10,113
Annual payroll$819,073,000This ZIP$819,073,000
Tax returns filed12,150This ZIP12,150
Total adjusted gross income$480,661,000This ZIP$480,661,000

Land area

Land area6.83 sq miThis ZIP6.83 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 77086

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

ZIP codes near 77086

ZIPCityDistance
77066 Houston, TX 2.7 mi
77038 Houston, TX 3.0 mi
77064 Houston, TX 3.0 mi
77088 Houston, TX 3.5 mi
77067 Houston, TX 3.6 mi
77040 Houston, TX 3.8 mi
77014 Houston, TX 4.9 mi
77069 Houston, TX 5.1 mi
77091 Houston, TX 5.6 mi
77060 Houston, TX 5.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77086?

77086 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9190, -95.4916.

What county is 77086 in?

77086 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77086?

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

What time zone is 77086 in?

77086 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77086?

About 28,653 people live in ZIP code 77086, in 8,725 households, at 4,193.3 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 77086?

$58,200 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77086?

The closest are 77066 (2.7 mi), 77038 (3 mi), 77064 (3 mi), 77088 (3.5 mi) and 77067 (3.6 mi).

Is 77086 a PO Box ZIP code?

77086 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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