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77480

ZIP 77480 is Sweeny, Texas, mostly in Brazoria County; area code 979; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Brazoria +1 more
Population
7,626
Coordinates
29.0915, -95.7701
☼ Live from 77480 — Sweeny, TX

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Where 77480 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77480
  • 🔢 Type 77480 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OBhLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,480 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 13 × 149. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010111010101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77479 (Sugar Land, TX, 34 mi away) and 77481 (Thompsons, TX, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77480 becomes 08477, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04787, 07748, 07847, 07874, 47708, 47807, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04787 in Westfield, ME, 1,920 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 71%.
  • 🎯759 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77480 and you would come out at 29.09°S, 84.23°E — 1,423 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 17m.
  • 📏 At 124.8 square miles of land, 77480 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 95 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,626This ZIP7,626
Households2,847This ZIP2,847
Housing units3,289This ZIP3,289
Median age38.7This ZIP38.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$73,022This ZIP$73,022Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$209,900This ZIP$209,900Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,267This ZIP$1,267Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.6%This ZIP19.6%
Mean commute27.5 minThis ZIP27.5 min
Population density61.1 / sq miThis ZIP61.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments94This ZIP94
Employees1,471This ZIP1,471
Annual payroll$142,827,000This ZIP$142,827,000
Tax returns filed3,220This ZIP3,220
Total adjusted gross income$234,927,000This ZIP$234,927,000

Land area

Land area124.79 sq miThis ZIP124.79 sq mi
Water area2.21 sq miThis ZIP2.21 sq mi

Counties 77480 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Brazoria County 81.8%
Matagorda County 18.2%

Other place names in 77480

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ZIP codes near 77480

ZIPCityDistance
77463 Old Ocean, TX 1.5 mi
77431 Danciger, TX 4.1 mi
77468 Pledger, TX 5.8 mi
77486 West Columbia, TX 6.7 mi
77482 Van Vleck, TX 8.1 mi
77415 Cedar Lane, TX 11.3 mi
77430 Damon, TX 13.2 mi
77420 Boling, TX 13.3 mi
77444 Guy, TX 13.5 mi
77422 Brazoria, TX 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77480?

77480 is in Sweeny, Texas, in Brazoria County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.0915, -95.7701.

What county is 77480 in?

77480 spans 2 counties: Brazoria County and Matagorda County. Most of it falls in Brazoria 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 77480?

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

What time zone is 77480 in?

77480 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77480?

About 7,626 people live in ZIP code 77480, in 2,847 households, at 61.1 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 77480?

$73,022 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77480?

The closest are 77463 (1.5 mi), 77431 (4.1 mi), 77468 (5.8 mi), 77486 (6.7 mi) and 77482 (8.1 mi).

Is 77480 a PO Box ZIP code?

77480 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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