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77448

ZIP 77448 is Hungerford, Texas, in Wharton County; area code 979; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Wharton
Metro area
El Campo, TX
Population
171
Coordinates
29.4164, -96.0854
☼ Live from 77448 — Hungerford, TX

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Where 77448 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77448
  • 🔢 Type 77448 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhhLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,448 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 × 461. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010111010001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77447 (Hockley, TX, 47 mi away) and 77449 (Katy, TX, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77448 becomes 84477, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (47847, 47874, 48747, 74748, 77484, 77844, …). The farthest-flung twin is 48747 in Munger, MI, 1,188 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 72%.
  • 🎯733 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77448 and you would come out at 29.42°S, 83.91°E — 1,452 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 15m.
  • 📏 At 6.8 square miles of land, 77448 is bigger than 22% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population171This ZIP171
Households58This ZIP58
Housing units58This ZIP58
Median age80.7This ZIP80.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher53.8%This ZIP53.8%
Population density25.3 / sq miThis ZIP25.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees252This ZIP252
Annual payroll$15,367,000This ZIP$15,367,000

Land area

Land area6.76 sq miThis ZIP6.76 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 77448

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

ZIP codes near 77448

ZIPCityDistance
77451 Kendleton, TX 4.8 mi
77443 Glen Flora, TX 7.0 mi
77435 East Bernard, TX 7.2 mi
77488 Wharton, TX 8.4 mi
77417 Beasley, TX 8.4 mi
77436 Egypt, TX 10.7 mi
77454 Lissie, TX 12.8 mi
77453 Lane City, TX 13.4 mi
77467 Pierce, TX 13.9 mi
77485 Wallis, TX 15.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77448?

77448 is in Hungerford, Texas, in Wharton County, part of the El Campo, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.4164, -96.0854.

What county is 77448 in?

77448 lies in Wharton County.

What area code is 77448?

Hungerford uses area code 979, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 77448 in?

77448 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77448?

About 171 people live in ZIP code 77448, in 58 households, at 25.3 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 77448?

The closest are 77451 (4.8 mi), 77443 (7 mi), 77435 (7.2 mi), 77488 (8.4 mi) and 77417 (8.4 mi).

Is 77448 a PO Box ZIP code?

77448 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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