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77461

ZIP 77461 is Needville, Texas, in Fort Bend County; area code 979; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Fort Bend
Population
12,365
Coordinates
29.3933, -95.7748
☼ Live from 77461 — Needville, TX

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Where 77461 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77461
  • 🔢 Type 77461 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IghLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,461 = 71 × 1091. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010111010010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77460 (Nada, TX, 37 mi away) and 77463 (Old Ocean, TX, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77461 becomes 16477, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14767, 17764, 41776, 46771, 47167, 47617, …). The farthest-flung twin is 17764 in Renovo, PA, 1,301 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 71%.
  • 🎯738 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77461 and you would come out at 29.39°S, 84.23°E — 1,440 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 150.8 square miles of land, 77461 is bigger than 86% of ZIP codes — room for about 114 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,365This ZIP12,365
Households4,037This ZIP4,037
Housing units4,296This ZIP4,296
Median age37.5This ZIP37.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$93,446This ZIP$93,446Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$275,300This ZIP$275,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$999This ZIP$999Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.7%This ZIP27.7%
Mean commute34.7 minThis ZIP34.7 min
Population density82.0 / sq miThis ZIP82.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments172This ZIP172
Employees1,135This ZIP1,135
Annual payroll$47,193,000This ZIP$47,193,000
Tax returns filed5,600This ZIP5,600
Total adjusted gross income$432,865,000This ZIP$432,865,000

Land area

Land area150.82 sq miThis ZIP150.82 sq mi
Water area2.83 sq miThis ZIP2.83 sq mi

Other place names in 77461

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

ZIP codes near 77461

ZIPCityDistance
77444 Guy, TX 7.4 mi
77469 Richmond, TX 8.1 mi
77496 Sugar Land, TX 9.2 mi
77430 Damon, TX 11.3 mi
77417 Beasley, TX 11.9 mi
77471 Rosenberg, TX 11.9 mi
77481 Thompsons, TX 13.4 mi
77420 Boling, TX 14.0 mi
77479 Sugar Land, TX 14.5 mi
77451 Kendleton, TX 15.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77461?

77461 is in Needville, Texas, in Fort Bend County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.3933, -95.7748.

What county is 77461 in?

77461 lies in Fort Bend County.

What area code is 77461?

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

What time zone is 77461 in?

77461 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77461?

About 12,365 people live in ZIP code 77461, in 4,037 households, at 82.0 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 77461?

$93,446 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77461?

The closest are 77444 (7.4 mi), 77469 (8.1 mi), 77496 (9.2 mi), 77430 (11.3 mi) and 77417 (11.9 mi).

Is 77461 a PO Box ZIP code?

77461 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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