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77642

ZIP 77642 is in Port Arthur, Texas, in Jefferson County; area code 409; Central time. Port Arthur has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 77640, 77641 and 77643.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Population
38,358
Coordinates
29.9580, -93.8919
☼ Live from 77642 — Port Arthur, TX

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Where 77642 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77642
  • 🔢 Type 77642 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhgLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,642 = 2 × 38821. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010111101001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77641 (Port Arthur, TX, 16 mi away) and 77643 (Port Arthur, TX, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77642 becomes 24677, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (42776, 46277, 46772, 62477, 64772, 67427, …). The farthest-flung twin is 46772 in Monroe, IN, 898 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯732 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77642 and you would come out at 29.96°S, 86.11°E — 1,409 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 19.7 square miles of land, 77642 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population38,358This ZIP38,358
Households14,306This ZIP14,306
Housing units16,446This ZIP16,446
Median age32.3This ZIP32.3Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$42,950This ZIP$42,950Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$104,700This ZIP$104,700Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$948This ZIP$948Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.6%This ZIP11.6%
Mean commute25.0 minThis ZIP25.0 min
Population density1,944.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,944.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments535This ZIP535
Employees10,129This ZIP10,129
Annual payroll$488,508,000This ZIP$488,508,000
Tax returns filed14,530This ZIP14,530
Total adjusted gross income$663,329,000This ZIP$663,329,000

Land area

Land area19.72 sq miThis ZIP19.72 sq mi
Water area1.81 sq miThis ZIP1.81 sq mi

Other place names in 77642

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ZIP codes near 77642

ZIPCityDistance
77643 Port Arthur, TX 1.5 mi
77619 Groves, TX 1.7 mi
77651 Port Neches, TX 3.7 mi
77611 Bridge City, TX 5.5 mi
77640 Port Arthur, TX 6.1 mi
77627 Nederland, TX 7.2 mi
77639 Orangefield, TX 7.5 mi
77630 Orange, TX 7.6 mi
77631 Orange, TX 13.2 mi
77670 Vidor, TX 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77642?

77642 is in Port Arthur, Texas, in Jefferson County, part of the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9580, -93.8919.

What county is 77642 in?

77642 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 77642?

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

What time zone is 77642 in?

77642 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77642?

About 38,358 people live in ZIP code 77642, in 14,306 households, at 1,944.8 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 77642?

$42,950 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77642?

The closest are 77643 (1.5 mi), 77619 (1.7 mi), 77651 (3.7 mi), 77611 (5.5 mi) and 77640 (6.1 mi).

Is 77642 a PO Box ZIP code?

77642 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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