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78056

ZIP 78056 is Mico, Texas, in Medina County; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Medina
Population
2,526
Coordinates
29.5409, -98.9426
☼ Live from 78056 — Mico, TX

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Where 78056 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78056
  • 🔢 Type 78056 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSOBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,056 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 887. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000011101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78055 (Medina, TX, 31 mi away) and 78057 (Moore, TX, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78056 becomes 65087, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05678, 05768, 05867, 06758, 06785, 06857, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05867 in Sutton, VT, 1,800 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯711 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78056 and you would come out at 29.54°S, 81.06°E — 1,482 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 15m.
  • 📏 At 103.2 square miles of land, 78056 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 78 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,526This ZIP2,526
Households941This ZIP941
Housing units1,048This ZIP1,048
Median age49.9This ZIP49.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$119,946This ZIP$119,946Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$553,500This ZIP$553,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher35.7%This ZIP35.7%
Mean commute47.8 minThis ZIP47.8 min
Population density24.5 / sq miThis ZIP24.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments30This ZIP30
Employees157This ZIP157
Annual payroll$7,857,000This ZIP$7,857,000
Tax returns filed1,250This ZIP1,250
Total adjusted gross income$149,607,000This ZIP$149,607,000

Land area

Land area103.20 sq miThis ZIP103.20 sq mi
Water area4.43 sq miThis ZIP4.43 sq mi

Other place names in 78056

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ZIP codes near 78056

ZIPCityDistance
78066 Rio Medina, TX 4.5 mi
78063 Pipe Creek, TX 10.5 mi
78253 San Antonio, TX 10.5 mi
78009 Castroville, TX 12.4 mi
78023 Helotes, TX 12.5 mi
78254 San Antonio, TX 13.0 mi
78003 Bandera, TX 15.1 mi
78861 Hondo, TX 15.5 mi
78245 San Antonio, TX 15.8 mi
78251 San Antonio, TX 16.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78056?

78056 is in Mico, Texas, in Medina County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.5409, -98.9426.

What county is 78056 in?

78056 lies in Medina County.

What time zone is 78056 in?

78056 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78056?

About 2,526 people live in ZIP code 78056, in 941 households, at 24.5 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 78056?

$119,946 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78056?

The closest are 78066 (4.5 mi), 78063 (10.5 mi), 78253 (10.5 mi), 78009 (12.4 mi) and 78023 (12.5 mi).

Is 78056 a PO Box ZIP code?

78056 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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