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78012

ZIP 78012 is Christine, Texas, in Atascosa County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Atascosa
Population
328
Coordinates
28.7718, -98.4535
☼ Live from 78012 — Christine, TX

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Where 78012 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78012
  • 🔢 Type 78012 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIOBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,012 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 11 × 197. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000010111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78011 (Charlotte, TX, 17 mi away) and 78013 (Comfort, TX, 88 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78012 becomes 21087 — and that is a real ZIP code: Kingsville, MD, 1,455 miles away.
  • 👥 67 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01827, 02187, 02718, 02817, 02871, 07821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02187 in Milton Village, MA, 1,788 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯764 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78012 and you would come out at 28.77°S, 81.55°E — 1,512 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 18m.
  • 📏 At 25.3 square miles of land, 78012 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population328This ZIP328
Households112This ZIP112
Housing units165This ZIP165
Median age33.5This ZIP33.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$43,571This ZIP$43,571Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$107,300This ZIP$107,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher1.6%This ZIP1.6%
Mean commute41.2 minThis ZIP41.2 min
Population density13.0 / sq miThis ZIP13.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees492This ZIP492
Annual payroll$40,759,000This ZIP$40,759,000
Tax returns filed200This ZIP200
Total adjusted gross income$11,610,000This ZIP$11,610,000

Land area

Land area25.26 sq miThis ZIP25.26 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 78012

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ZIP codes near 78012

ZIPCityDistance
78026 Jourdanton, TX 6.6 mi
78064 Pleasanton, TX 10.7 mi
78008 Campbellton, TX 12.1 mi
78062 Peggy, TX 15.3 mi
78011 Charlotte, TX 16.8 mi
78075 Whitsett, TX 16.8 mi
78007 Calliham, TX 20.6 mi
78050 Leming, TX 22.1 mi
78113 Falls City, TX 22.8 mi
78065 Poteet, TX 24.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78012?

78012 is in Christine, Texas, in Atascosa County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 28.7718, -98.4535.

What county is 78012 in?

78012 lies in Atascosa County.

What area code is 78012?

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

What time zone is 78012 in?

78012 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78012?

About 328 people live in ZIP code 78012, in 112 households, at 13.0 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 78012?

$43,571 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78012?

The closest are 78026 (6.6 mi), 78064 (10.7 mi), 78008 (12.1 mi), 78062 (15.3 mi) and 78011 (16.8 mi).

Is 78012 a PO Box ZIP code?

78012 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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