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77478

ZIP 77478 is in Sugar Land, Texas, in Fort Bend County; area codes 281, 346, 832 and 713; Central time. Sugar Land has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 77479, 77487, 77496 and 77498.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Fort Bend
Population
23,182
Coordinates
29.6175, -95.6083
☼ Live from 77478 — Sugar Land, TX

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Where 77478 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77478
  • 🔢 Type 77478 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLhLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,478 = 2 × 3 × 37 × 349. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010111010100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77477 (Stafford, TX, 2 mi away) and 77479 (Sugar Land, TX, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77478 becomes 87477, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (77487, 78747, 78774, 87747). The farthest-flung twin is 87747 in Springer, NM, 691 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯725 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77478 and you would come out at 29.62°S, 84.39°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 10.0 square miles of land, 77478 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population23,182This ZIP23,182
Households9,186This ZIP9,186
Housing units9,421This ZIP9,421
Median age45.9This ZIP45.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$118,495This ZIP$118,495Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$404,600This ZIP$404,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,768This ZIP$1,768Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher61.2%This ZIP61.2%
Mean commute27.7 minThis ZIP27.7 min
Population density2,313.3 / sq miThis ZIP2,313.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments2,459This ZIP2,459
Employees43,252This ZIP43,252
Annual payroll$2,884,721,000This ZIP$2,884,721,000
Tax returns filed12,110This ZIP12,110
Total adjusted gross income$1,832,022,000This ZIP$1,832,022,000

Land area

Land area10.02 sq miThis ZIP10.02 sq mi
Water area0.72 sq miThis ZIP0.72 sq mi

Other place names in 77478

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ZIP codes near 77478

ZIPCityDistance
77487 Sugar Land, TX 1.6 mi
77477 Stafford, TX 2.5 mi
77497 Stafford, TX 3.0 mi
77498 Sugar Land, TX 3.3 mi
77099 Houston, TX 3.9 mi
77479 Sugar Land, TX 4.0 mi
77031 Houston, TX 4.4 mi
77489 Missouri City, TX 5.7 mi
77083 Houston, TX 5.8 mi
77071 Houston, TX 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77478?

77478 is in Sugar Land, Texas, in Fort Bend County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6175, -95.6083.

What county is 77478 in?

77478 lies in Fort Bend County.

What area code is 77478?

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

What time zone is 77478 in?

77478 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77478?

About 23,182 people live in ZIP code 77478, in 9,186 households, at 2,313.3 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 77478?

$118,495 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77478?

The closest are 77487 (1.6 mi), 77477 (2.5 mi), 77497 (3 mi), 77498 (3.3 mi) and 77099 (3.9 mi).

Is 77478 a PO Box ZIP code?

77478 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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