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78023

ZIP 78023 is Helotes, Texas, mostly in Bexar County; area codes 210 and 726; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bexar +2 more
Population
28,462
Coordinates
29.6216, -98.7564
☼ Live from 78023 — Helotes, TX

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Where 78023 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78023
  • 🔢 Type 78023 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZOBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,023 = 11 × 41 × 173. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000011000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78022 (George West, TX, 102 mi away) and 78024 (Hunt, TX, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78023 becomes 32087 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sanderson, FL, 985 miles away.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02738, 02783, 02837, 02873, 03278, 03287, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03872 in Sanbornville, NH, 1,801 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯705 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78023 and you would come out at 29.62°S, 81.24°E — 1,481 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 89.8 square miles of land, 78023 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 68 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,462This ZIP28,462
Households9,547This ZIP9,547
Housing units9,803This ZIP9,803
Median age42.2This ZIP42.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$134,007This ZIP$134,007Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$412,900This ZIP$412,900Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,685This ZIP$1,685Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher57.5%This ZIP57.5%
Mean commute27.6 minThis ZIP27.6 min
Population density316.9 / sq miThis ZIP316.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments609This ZIP609
Employees6,287This ZIP6,287
Annual payroll$477,210,000This ZIP$477,210,000
Tax returns filed14,430This ZIP14,430
Total adjusted gross income$1,812,776,000This ZIP$1,812,776,000

Land area

Land area89.81 sq miThis ZIP89.81 sq mi
Water area0.22 sq miThis ZIP0.22 sq mi

Counties 78023 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bexar County 84.9%
Medina County 13.6%
Bandera County 1.5%

Other place names in 78023

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ZIP codes near 78023

ZIPCityDistance
78255 San Antonio, TX 5.7 mi
78254 San Antonio, TX 6.5 mi
78256 San Antonio, TX 7.8 mi
78249 San Antonio, TX 9.3 mi
78250 San Antonio, TX 9.9 mi
78063 Pipe Creek, TX 10.4 mi
78015 Boerne, TX 10.5 mi
78253 San Antonio, TX 10.6 mi
78257 San Antonio, TX 10.7 mi
78240 San Antonio, TX 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78023?

78023 is in Helotes, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6216, -98.7564.

What county is 78023 in?

78023 spans 3 counties: Bexar County, Medina County and Bandera County. Most of it falls in Bexar 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 78023?

Helotes uses area codes 210 and 726, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78023 in?

78023 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78023?

About 28,462 people live in ZIP code 78023, in 9,547 households, at 316.9 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 78023?

$134,007 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78023?

The closest are 78255 (5.7 mi), 78254 (6.5 mi), 78256 (7.8 mi), 78249 (9.3 mi) and 78250 (9.9 mi).

Is 78023 a PO Box ZIP code?

78023 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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