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77206

ZIP 77206 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County; area codes 713, 832, 346 and 281; Central time. Houston has 178 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Harris
Coordinates
29.8340, -95.4342

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 77018, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 77206 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77206
  • 🔢 Type 77206 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOZLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,206 = 2 × 38603. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010110110010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77205 (Houston, TX, 0 mi away) and 77207 (Houston, TX, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77206 becomes 60277, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02767, 06277, 07627, 07726, 07762, 20677, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02767 in Raynham, MA, 1,592 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯713 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77206 and you would come out at 29.83°S, 84.57°E — 1,452 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.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees14This ZIP14
Annual payroll$749,000This ZIP$749,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 77206

ZIPCityDistance
77202 Houston, TX 0.0 mi
77205 Houston, TX 0.0 mi
77207 Houston, TX 0.0 mi
77213 Houston, TX 0.0 mi
77215 Houston, TX 0.0 mi
77216 Houston, TX 0.0 mi
77217 Houston, TX 0.0 mi
77218 Houston, TX 0.0 mi
77219 Houston, TX 0.0 mi
77220 Houston, TX 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77206?

77206 is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.8340, -95.4342.

What county is 77206 in?

77206 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77206?

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

What time zone is 77206 in?

77206 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 77206?

The closest are 77202 (0 mi), 77205 (0 mi), 77207 (0 mi), 77213 (0 mi) and 77215 (0 mi).

Is 77206 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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