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78055

ZIP 78055 is Medina, Texas, mostly in Bandera County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bandera +1 more
Population
1,753
Coordinates
29.8303, -99.3314
☼ Live from 78055 — Medina, TX

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Where 78055 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78055
  • 🔢 Type 78055 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSOBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,055 = 5 × 67 × 233. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000011100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78054 (Macdona, TX, 52 mi away) and 78056 (Mico, TX, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78055 becomes 55087 — and that is a real ZIP code: Warsaw, MN, 1,047 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05758, 05857, 05875, 07855, 08557, 08755, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05857 in Newport Center, VT, 1,800 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯692 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78055 and you would come out at 29.83°S, 80.67°E — 1,456 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 237.1 square miles of land, 78055 is bigger than 93% of ZIP codes — room for about 180 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,753This ZIP1,753
Households724This ZIP724
Housing units1,018This ZIP1,018
Median age65.1This ZIP65.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$85,345This ZIP$85,345Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$266,500This ZIP$266,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$929This ZIP$929Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.8%This ZIP25.8%
Mean commute25.8 minThis ZIP25.8 min
Population density7.4 / sq miThis ZIP7.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments32This ZIP32
Employees180This ZIP180
Annual payroll$6,193,000This ZIP$6,193,000
Tax returns filed800This ZIP800
Total adjusted gross income$76,370,000This ZIP$76,370,000

Land area

Land area237.09 sq miThis ZIP237.09 sq mi
Water area0.76 sq miThis ZIP0.76 sq mi

Counties 78055 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bandera County 97.6%
Kerr County 2.4%

ZIP codes near 78055

ZIPCityDistance
78029 Kerrville, TX 9.9 mi
78883 Tarpley, TX 10.9 mi
78885 Vanderpool, TX 13.6 mi
78024 Hunt, TX 14.7 mi
78003 Bandera, TX 16.0 mi
78884 Utopia, TX 17.0 mi
78025 Ingram, TX 17.3 mi
78028 Kerrville, TX 17.3 mi
78010 Center Point, TX 17.9 mi
78873 Leakey, TX 23.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78055?

78055 is in Medina, Texas, in Bandera County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.8303, -99.3314.

What county is 78055 in?

78055 spans 2 counties: Bandera County and Kerr 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 78055?

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

What time zone is 78055 in?

78055 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78055?

About 1,753 people live in ZIP code 78055, in 724 households, at 7.4 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 78055?

$85,345 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78055?

The closest are 78029 (9.9 mi), 78883 (10.9 mi), 78885 (13.6 mi), 78024 (14.7 mi) and 78003 (16 mi).

Is 78055 a PO Box ZIP code?

78055 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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