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77474

ZIP 77474 is Sealy, Texas, mostly in Austin County; area code 979; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Austin +1 more
Population
15,146
Coordinates
29.7741, -96.1900
☼ Live from 77474 — Sealy, TX

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Where 77474 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77474
  • 🔢 Type 77474 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLhLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,474 = 2 × 38737. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010111010100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77473 (San Felipe, TX, 5 mi away) and 77475 (Sheridan, TX, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77474 becomes 47477, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (47747, 74477, 74747, 77447). The farthest-flung twin is 47747 in Evansville, IN, 752 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 72%.
  • 🎯708 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77474 and you would come out at 29.77°S, 83.81°E — 1,476 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 14m.
  • 📏 At 206.8 square miles of land, 77474 is bigger than 91% of ZIP codes — room for about 157 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,146This ZIP15,146
Households5,861This ZIP5,861
Housing units6,571This ZIP6,571
Median age40.9This ZIP40.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$75,272This ZIP$75,272Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$287,600This ZIP$287,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,239This ZIP$1,239Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.2%This ZIP19.2%
Mean commute29.8 minThis ZIP29.8 min
Population density73.3 / sq miThis ZIP73.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments337This ZIP337
Employees5,224This ZIP5,224
Annual payroll$272,490,000This ZIP$272,490,000
Tax returns filed7,100This ZIP7,100
Total adjusted gross income$525,842,000This ZIP$525,842,000

Land area

Land area206.77 sq miThis ZIP206.77 sq mi
Water area3.94 sq miThis ZIP3.94 sq mi

Counties 77474 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Austin County 98.1%
Colorado County 1.9%

Other place names in 77474

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

ZIP codes near 77474

ZIPCityDistance
77473 San Felipe, TX 5.4 mi
77466 Pattison, TX 10.7 mi
78933 Cat Spring, TX 10.9 mi
77485 Wallis, TX 12.0 mi
77423 Brookshire, TX 12.8 mi
77476 Simonton, TX 14.6 mi
78935 Alleyton, TX 15.1 mi
77418 Bellville, TX 15.2 mi
77454 Lissie, TX 16.1 mi
77441 Fulshear, TX 17.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77474?

77474 is in Sealy, Texas, in Austin County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7741, -96.1900.

What county is 77474 in?

77474 spans 2 counties: Austin County and Colorado County. Most of it falls in Austin County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 77474?

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

What time zone is 77474 in?

77474 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77474?

About 15,146 people live in ZIP code 77474, in 5,861 households, at 73.3 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 77474?

$75,272 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77474?

The closest are 77473 (5.4 mi), 77466 (10.7 mi), 78933 (10.9 mi), 77485 (12 mi) and 77423 (12.8 mi).

Is 77474 a PO Box ZIP code?

77474 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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