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78059

ZIP 78059 is Natalia, Texas, in Medina County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Medina
Population
7,061
Coordinates
29.1895, -98.8410
☼ Live from 78059 — Natalia, TX

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Where 78059 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78059
  • 🔢 Type 78059 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSOBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 78059 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000011101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78058 (Mountain Home, TX, 78 mi away) and 78060 (Oakville, TX, 68 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78059 becomes 95087, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08759, 09875, 58079, 58790, 59078, 59087, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09875 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,068 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯735 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78059 and you would come out at 29.19°S, 81.16°E — 1,507 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 16m.
  • 📏 At 40.5 square miles of land, 78059 is bigger than 54% of ZIP codes — room for about 31 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,061This ZIP7,061
Households2,081This ZIP2,081
Housing units2,230This ZIP2,230
Median age35.8This ZIP35.8Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$74,940This ZIP$74,940Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$184,100This ZIP$184,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,208This ZIP$1,208Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.3%This ZIP14.3%
Mean commute32.2 minThis ZIP32.2 min
Population density174.2 / sq miThis ZIP174.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments43This ZIP43
Employees257This ZIP257
Annual payroll$8,863,000This ZIP$8,863,000
Tax returns filed2,720This ZIP2,720
Total adjusted gross income$159,804,000This ZIP$159,804,000

Land area

Land area40.54 sq miThis ZIP40.54 sq mi
Water area0.14 sq miThis ZIP0.14 sq mi

Other place names in 78059

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ZIP codes near 78059

ZIPCityDistance
78052 Lytle, TX 4.2 mi
78016 Devine, TX 6.7 mi
78039 La Coste, TX 8.5 mi
78002 Atascosa, TX 9.0 mi
78069 Somerset, TX 10.2 mi
78009 Castroville, TX 12.7 mi
78054 Macdona, TX 13.1 mi
78252 San Antonio, TX 13.6 mi
78073 Von Ormy, TX 13.7 mi
78065 Poteet, TX 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78059?

78059 is in Natalia, Texas, in Medina County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.1895, -98.8410.

What county is 78059 in?

78059 lies in Medina County.

What area code is 78059?

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

What time zone is 78059 in?

78059 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78059?

About 7,061 people live in ZIP code 78059, in 2,081 households, at 174.2 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 78059?

$74,940 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78059?

The closest are 78052 (4.2 mi), 78016 (6.7 mi), 78039 (8.5 mi), 78002 (9 mi) and 78069 (10.2 mi).

Is 78059 a PO Box ZIP code?

78059 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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