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77098

ZIP 77098 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
17,210
Coordinates
29.7348, -95.4161
☼ Live from 77098 — Houston, TX

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Where 77098 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77098
  • 🔢 Type 77098 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGOLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,098 = 2 × 7 × 5507. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110100101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77096 (Houston, TX, 6 mi away) and 77099 (Houston, TX, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77098 becomes 89077 — and that is a real ZIP code: Henderson, NV, 1,213 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07879, 07978, 09877, 70789, 70879, 77089, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09877 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,916 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯720 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77098 and you would come out at 29.73°S, 84.58°E — 1,446 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 1.8 square miles of land, 77098 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,210This ZIP17,210
Households9,442This ZIP9,442
Housing units10,459This ZIP10,459
Median age37.3This ZIP37.3Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$116,650This ZIP$116,650Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$787,300This ZIP$787,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,892This ZIP$1,892Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher80.8%This ZIP80.8%
Mean commute18.9 minThis ZIP18.9 min
Population density9,761.8 / sq miThis ZIP9,761.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,385This ZIP1,385
Employees21,612This ZIP21,612
Annual payroll$2,161,994,000This ZIP$2,161,994,000
Tax returns filed8,440This ZIP8,440
Total adjusted gross income$2,542,422,000This ZIP$2,542,422,000

Land area

Land area1.76 sq miThis ZIP1.76 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 77098

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ZIP codes near 77098

ZIPCityDistance
77046 Houston, TX 1.0 mi
77005 Houston, TX 1.2 mi
77019 Houston, TX 1.3 mi
77006 Houston, TX 1.5 mi
77027 Houston, TX 1.8 mi
77030 Houston, TX 2.2 mi
77007 Houston, TX 2.6 mi
77004 Houston, TX 3.2 mi
77056 Houston, TX 3.3 mi
77002 Houston, TX 3.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77098?

77098 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7348, -95.4161.

What county is 77098 in?

77098 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77098?

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

What time zone is 77098 in?

77098 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77098?

About 17,210 people live in ZIP code 77098, in 9,442 households, at 9,761.8 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 77098?

$116,650 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77098?

The closest are 77046 (1 mi), 77005 (1.2 mi), 77019 (1.3 mi), 77006 (1.5 mi) and 77027 (1.8 mi).

Is 77098 a PO Box ZIP code?

77098 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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