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78065

ZIP 78065 is Poteet, Texas, in Atascosa County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Atascosa
Population
11,695
Coordinates
29.0798, -98.6423
☼ Live from 78065 — Poteet, TX

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Where 78065 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78065
  • 🔢 Type 78065 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgOBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,065 = 5 × 13 × 1201. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000011110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78064 (Pleasanton, TX, 17 mi away) and 78066 (Rio Medina, TX, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78065 becomes 56087 — and that is a real ZIP code: Springfield, MN, 1,067 miles away.
  • 👥 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, 1,809 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯743 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78065 and you would come out at 29.08°S, 81.36°E — 1,518 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 17m.
  • 📏 At 173.9 square miles of land, 78065 is bigger than 89% of ZIP codes — room for about 132 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,695This ZIP11,695
Households3,728This ZIP3,728
Housing units4,302This ZIP4,302
Median age38.1This ZIP38.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$57,200This ZIP$57,200Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$167,300This ZIP$167,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$980This ZIP$980Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.7%This ZIP10.7%
Mean commute27.2 minThis ZIP27.2 min
Population density67.3 / sq miThis ZIP67.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments80This ZIP80
Employees612This ZIP612
Annual payroll$29,591,000This ZIP$29,591,000
Tax returns filed5,370This ZIP5,370
Total adjusted gross income$274,318,000This ZIP$274,318,000

Land area

Land area173.90 sq miThis ZIP173.90 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Other place names in 78065

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ZIP codes near 78065

ZIPCityDistance
78069 Somerset, TX 7.7 mi
78050 Leming, TX 8.5 mi
78073 Von Ormy, TX 11.4 mi
78264 San Antonio, TX 11.6 mi
78052 Lytle, TX 12.1 mi
78059 Natalia, TX 14.2 mi
78002 Atascosa, TX 15.2 mi
78005 Bigfoot, TX 15.2 mi
78064 Pleasanton, TX 16.8 mi
78112 Elmendorf, TX 16.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78065?

78065 is in Poteet, Texas, in Atascosa County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.0798, -98.6423.

What county is 78065 in?

78065 lies in Atascosa County.

What area code is 78065?

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

What time zone is 78065 in?

78065 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78065?

About 11,695 people live in ZIP code 78065, in 3,728 households, at 67.3 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 78065?

$57,200 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78065?

The closest are 78069 (7.7 mi), 78050 (8.5 mi), 78073 (11.4 mi), 78264 (11.6 mi) and 78052 (12.1 mi).

Is 78065 a PO Box ZIP code?

78065 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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