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78003

ZIP 78003 is Bandera, Texas, mostly in Bandera County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bandera +1 more
Population
9,967
Coordinates
29.7080, -99.1039
☼ Live from 78003 — Bandera, TX

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Where 78003 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78003
  • 🔢 Type 78003 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOOBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,003 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 107. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000010110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78002 (Atascosa, TX, 37 mi away) and 78004 (Bergheim, TX, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78003 becomes 30087 — and that is a real ZIP code: Stone Mountain, GA, 925 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00738, 00783, 03087, 03780, 03870, 07083, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00738 in Fajardo, PR, 2,241 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯700 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78003 and you would come out at 29.71°S, 80.90°E — 1,468 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 14m.
  • 📏 At 226.7 square miles of land, 78003 is bigger than 92% of ZIP codes — room for about 172 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,967This ZIP9,967
Households4,374This ZIP4,374
Housing units5,291This ZIP5,291
Median age51.4This ZIP51.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$69,457This ZIP$69,457Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$242,700This ZIP$242,700Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,216This ZIP$1,216Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.0%This ZIP25.0%
Mean commute39.9 minThis ZIP39.9 min
Population density44.0 / sq miThis ZIP44.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments250This ZIP250
Employees2,322This ZIP2,322
Annual payroll$95,527,000This ZIP$95,527,000
Tax returns filed5,190This ZIP5,190
Total adjusted gross income$435,338,000This ZIP$435,338,000

Land area

Land area226.66 sq miThis ZIP226.66 sq mi
Water area1.36 sq miThis ZIP1.36 sq mi

Counties 78003 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bandera County 85.3%
Medina County 14.8%

Other place names in 78003

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

ZIP codes near 78003

ZIPCityDistance
78063 Pipe Creek, TX 11.6 mi
78883 Tarpley, TX 13.0 mi
78029 Kerrville, TX 14.1 mi
78010 Center Point, TX 14.4 mi
78056 Mico, TX 15.1 mi
78055 Medina, TX 16.0 mi
78066 Rio Medina, TX 19.6 mi
78861 Hondo, TX 20.5 mi
78023 Helotes, TX 21.7 mi
78013 Comfort, TX 22.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78003?

78003 is in Bandera, Texas, in Bandera County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7080, -99.1039.

What county is 78003 in?

78003 spans 2 counties: Bandera County and Medina County. Most of it falls in Bandera 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 78003?

Bandera uses area code 830, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78003 in?

78003 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78003?

About 9,967 people live in ZIP code 78003, in 4,374 households, at 44.0 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 78003?

$69,457 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78003?

The closest are 78063 (11.6 mi), 78883 (13 mi), 78029 (14.1 mi), 78010 (14.4 mi) and 78056 (15.1 mi).

Is 78003 a PO Box ZIP code?

78003 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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