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77656

ZIP 77656 is Silsbee, Texas, mostly in Hardin County; area code 409; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hardin +1 more
Population
17,525
Coordinates
30.4244, -94.1691
☼ Live from 77656 — Silsbee, TX

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Where 77656 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77656
  • 🔢 Type 77656 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSgLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,656 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 17 × 571. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010111101011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77655 (Sabine Pass, TX, 51 mi away) and 77657 (Lumberton, TX, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77656 becomes 65677, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (57766, 65767, 66757, 66775, 67567, 67576, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57766 in Oral, SD, 1,021 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯696 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77656 and you would come out at 30.42°S, 85.83°E — 1,445 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 11m.
  • 📏 At 175.3 square miles of land, 77656 is bigger than 89% of ZIP codes — room for about 133 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,525This ZIP17,525
Households6,726This ZIP6,726
Housing units7,900This ZIP7,900
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$62,303This ZIP$62,303Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$114,000This ZIP$114,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,016This ZIP$1,016Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.0%This ZIP16.0%
Mean commute30.1 minThis ZIP30.1 min
Population density100.0 / sq miThis ZIP100.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments289This ZIP289
Employees3,282This ZIP3,282
Annual payroll$169,024,000This ZIP$169,024,000
Tax returns filed7,130This ZIP7,130
Total adjusted gross income$461,121,000This ZIP$461,121,000

Land area

Land area175.33 sq miThis ZIP175.33 sq mi
Water area2.67 sq miThis ZIP2.67 sq mi

Counties 77656 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Hardin County 86.4%
Tyler County 13.6%

Other place names in 77656

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

ZIP codes near 77656

ZIPCityDistance
77615 Evadale, TX 7.7 mi
77616 Fred, TX 10.1 mi
77657 Lumberton, TX 13.7 mi
77625 Kountze, TX 13.8 mi
77612 Buna, TX 14.0 mi
77660 Spurger, TX 15.4 mi
77663 Village Mills, TX 15.4 mi
77664 Warren, TX 17.5 mi
77624 Hillister, TX 18.6 mi
77708 Beaumont, TX 19.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77656?

77656 is in Silsbee, Texas, in Hardin County, part of the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.4244, -94.1691.

What county is 77656 in?

77656 spans 2 counties: Hardin County and Tyler County. Most of it falls in Hardin 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 77656?

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

What time zone is 77656 in?

77656 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77656?

About 17,525 people live in ZIP code 77656, in 6,726 households, at 100.0 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 77656?

$62,303 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77656?

The closest are 77615 (7.7 mi), 77616 (10.1 mi), 77657 (13.7 mi), 77625 (13.8 mi) and 77612 (14 mi).

Is 77656 a PO Box ZIP code?

77656 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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