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77659

ZIP 77659 is Sour Lake, Texas, in Hardin County; area code 409; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hardin
Population
5,650
Coordinates
30.1714, -94.4323
☼ Live from 77659 — Sour Lake, TX

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Where 77659 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77659
  • 🔢 Type 77659 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSgLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 77659 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: 10010111101011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77657 (Lumberton, TX, 15 mi away) and 77660 (Spurger, TX, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77659 becomes 95677 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rocklin, CA, 1,631 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (57769, 65779, 67579, 75976, 76579, 76597, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96757 in Kualapuu, HI, 3,898 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯707 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77659 and you would come out at 30.17°S, 85.57°E — 1,438 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 12m.
  • 📏 At 118.3 square miles of land, 77659 is bigger than 82% of ZIP codes — room for about 90 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,650This ZIP5,650
Households1,971This ZIP1,971
Housing units2,271This ZIP2,271
Median age37.2This ZIP37.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$110,590This ZIP$110,590Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$241,100This ZIP$241,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,299This ZIP$1,299Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.9%This ZIP30.9%
Mean commute31.1 minThis ZIP31.1 min
Population density47.7 / sq miThis ZIP47.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments88This ZIP88
Employees872This ZIP872
Annual payroll$66,529,000This ZIP$66,529,000
Tax returns filed2,410This ZIP2,410
Total adjusted gross income$234,460,000This ZIP$234,460,000

Land area

Land area118.33 sq miThis ZIP118.33 sq mi
Water area1.16 sq miThis ZIP1.16 sq mi

Other place names in 77659

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

ZIP codes near 77659

ZIPCityDistance
77519 Batson, TX 9.1 mi
77613 China, TX 10.9 mi
77533 Daisetta, TX 11.6 mi
77713 Beaumont, TX 12.5 mi
77585 Saratoga, TX 12.6 mi
77629 Nome, TX 13.4 mi
77625 Kountze, TX 13.8 mi
77564 Hull, TX 14.0 mi
77538 Devers, TX 14.7 mi
77657 Lumberton, TX 15.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77659?

77659 is in Sour Lake, Texas, in Hardin County, part of the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.1714, -94.4323.

What county is 77659 in?

77659 lies in Hardin County.

What area code is 77659?

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

What time zone is 77659 in?

77659 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77659?

About 5,650 people live in ZIP code 77659, in 1,971 households, at 47.7 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 77659?

$110,590 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77659?

The closest are 77519 (9.1 mi), 77613 (10.9 mi), 77533 (11.6 mi), 77713 (12.5 mi) and 77585 (12.6 mi).

Is 77659 a PO Box ZIP code?

77659 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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