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77587

ZIP 77587 is South Houston, Texas, in Harris County; area codes 713, 832, 346 and 281; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Harris
Population
16,033
Coordinates
29.6610, -95.2284
☼ Live from 77587 — South Houston, TX

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Where 77587 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77587
  • 🔢 Type 77587 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBSLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 77587 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010111100010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77586 (Seabrook, TX, 13 mi away) and 77588 (Pearland, TX, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77587 becomes 78577 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pharr, TX, 302 miles away.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (57787, 75778, 77578, 77857, 77875, 78577, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57787 in Union Center, SD, 1,113 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯728 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77587 and you would come out at 29.66°S, 84.77°E — 1,435 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 3.1 square miles of land, 77587 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,033This ZIP16,033
Households4,998This ZIP4,998
Housing units5,487This ZIP5,487
Median age31.2This ZIP31.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$53,497This ZIP$53,497Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$189,300This ZIP$189,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,212This ZIP$1,212Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.3%This ZIP10.3%
Mean commute30.5 minThis ZIP30.5 min
Population density5,224.2 / sq miThis ZIP5,224.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments337This ZIP337
Employees3,391This ZIP3,391
Annual payroll$170,628,000This ZIP$170,628,000
Tax returns filed6,630This ZIP6,630
Total adjusted gross income$263,884,000This ZIP$263,884,000

Land area

Land area3.07 sq miThis ZIP3.07 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 77587

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

ZIP codes near 77587

ZIPCityDistance
77502 Pasadena, TX 2.2 mi
77501 Pasadena, TX 2.4 mi
77504 Pasadena, TX 2.5 mi
77017 Houston, TX 2.5 mi
77061 Houston, TX 3.0 mi
77075 Houston, TX 3.7 mi
77034 Houston, TX 3.8 mi
77506 Pasadena, TX 4.6 mi
77503 Pasadena, TX 4.7 mi
77012 Houston, TX 4.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77587?

77587 is in South Houston, Texas, in Harris County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6610, -95.2284.

What county is 77587 in?

77587 lies in Harris County.

What area code is 77587?

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

What time zone is 77587 in?

77587 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77587?

About 16,033 people live in ZIP code 77587, in 4,998 households, at 5,224.2 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 77587?

$53,497 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77587?

The closest are 77502 (2.2 mi), 77501 (2.4 mi), 77504 (2.5 mi), 77017 (2.5 mi) and 77061 (3 mi).

Is 77587 a PO Box ZIP code?

77587 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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