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77622

ZIP 77622 is Hamshire, Texas, in Jefferson County; area code 409; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Population
1,818
Coordinates
29.8624, -94.2860
☼ Live from 77622 — Hamshire, TX

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Where 77622 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77622
  • 🔢 Type 77622 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZgLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,622 = 2 × 3 × 17 × 761. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010111100110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77619 (Groves, TX, 23 mi away) and 77623 (High Island, TX, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77622 becomes 22677, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27627, 62277, 67227, 72672, 72762, 76227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27627 in Raleigh, NC, 996 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯730 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77622 and you would come out at 29.86°S, 85.71°E — 1,416 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 20.2 square miles of land, 77622 is bigger than 38% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,818This ZIP1,818
Households678This ZIP678
Housing units767This ZIP767
Median age34.1This ZIP34.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$100,556This ZIP$100,556Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$208,000This ZIP$208,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher15.8%This ZIP15.8%
Mean commute21.6 minThis ZIP21.6 min
Population density89.8 / sq miThis ZIP89.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees297This ZIP297
Annual payroll$19,076,000This ZIP$19,076,000
Tax returns filed750This ZIP750
Total adjusted gross income$61,781,000This ZIP$61,781,000

Land area

Land area20.24 sq miThis ZIP20.24 sq mi
Water area0.22 sq miThis ZIP0.22 sq mi

Other place names in 77622

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ZIP codes near 77622

ZIPCityDistance
77705 Beaumont, TX 7.4 mi
77661 Stowell, TX 7.5 mi
77665 Winnie, TX 8.8 mi
77641 Port Arthur, TX 9.4 mi
77629 Nome, TX 11.9 mi
77613 China, TX 12.2 mi
77713 Beaumont, TX 14.3 mi
77707 Beaumont, TX 15.0 mi
77538 Devers, TX 16.2 mi
77706 Beaumont, TX 17.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77622?

77622 is in Hamshire, Texas, in Jefferson County, part of the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.8624, -94.2860.

What county is 77622 in?

77622 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 77622?

Hamshire uses area code 409, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 77622 in?

77622 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77622?

About 1,818 people live in ZIP code 77622, in 678 households, at 89.8 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 77622?

$100,556 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77622?

The closest are 77705 (7.4 mi), 77661 (7.5 mi), 77665 (8.8 mi), 77641 (9.4 mi) and 77629 (11.9 mi).

Is 77622 a PO Box ZIP code?

77622 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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