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77629

ZIP 77629 is Nome, Texas, mostly in Jefferson County; area code 409; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson +1 more
Population
435
Coordinates
29.9775, -94.4331
☼ Live from 77629 — Nome, TX

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Where 77629 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77629
  • 🔢 Type 77629 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GZgLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,629 = 149 × 521. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010111100111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77627 (Nederland, TX, 26 mi away) and 77630 (Orange, TX, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77629 becomes 92677 — and that is a real ZIP code: Laguna Niguel, CA, 1,386 miles away.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27697, 27967, 27976, 29677, 62977, 72679, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96772 in Naalehu, HI, 3,879 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯720 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77629 and you would come out at 29.98°S, 85.57°E — 1,427 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 64.2 square miles of land, 77629 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 49 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population435This ZIP435
Households192This ZIP192
Housing units229This ZIP229
Median age53.5This ZIP53.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$62,692This ZIP$62,692Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$176,300This ZIP$176,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher21.9%This ZIP21.9%
Mean commute31.4 minThis ZIP31.4 min
Population density6.8 / sq miThis ZIP6.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees36This ZIP36
Annual payroll$1,519,000This ZIP$1,519,000

Land area

Land area64.22 sq miThis ZIP64.22 sq mi
Water area0.53 sq miThis ZIP0.53 sq mi

Counties 77629 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Jefferson County 73.2%
Liberty County 26.9%

Other place names in 77629

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

ZIP codes near 77629

ZIPCityDistance
77538 Devers, TX 5.4 mi
77613 China, TX 5.6 mi
77622 Hamshire, TX 11.9 mi
77560 Hankamer, TX 12.0 mi
77713 Beaumont, TX 12.1 mi
77533 Daisetta, TX 12.5 mi
77665 Winnie, TX 13.1 mi
77659 Sour Lake, TX 13.4 mi
77582 Raywood, TX 13.9 mi
77661 Stowell, TX 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77629?

77629 is in Nome, Texas, in Jefferson County, part of the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9775, -94.4331.

What county is 77629 in?

77629 spans 2 counties: Jefferson County and Liberty County. Most of it falls in Jefferson 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 77629?

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

What time zone is 77629 in?

77629 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77629?

About 435 people live in ZIP code 77629, in 192 households, at 6.8 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 77629?

$62,692 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77629?

The closest are 77538 (5.4 mi), 77613 (5.6 mi), 77622 (11.9 mi), 77560 (12 mi) and 77713 (12.1 mi).

Is 77629 a PO Box ZIP code?

77629 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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