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78069

ZIP 78069 is Somerset, Texas, mostly in Atascosa County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Atascosa +1 more
Population
7,038
Coordinates
29.1884, -98.6718
☼ Live from 78069 — Somerset, TX

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Where 78069 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78069
  • 🔢 Type 78069 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GgOBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,069 = 3 × 53 × 491. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000011110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78067 (San Ygnacio, TX, 150 mi away) and 78070 (Spring Branch, TX, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78069 becomes 96087 — and that is a real ZIP code: Shasta, CA, 1,561 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06798, 06879, 06897, 07869, 09768, 09876, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09768 in APO AE, a military post office, 8,081 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 78069 and you would come out at 29.19°S, 81.33°E — 1,511 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 28.5 square miles of land, 78069 is bigger than 45% of ZIP codes — room for about 22 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,038This ZIP7,038
Households1,988This ZIP1,988
Housing units2,239This ZIP2,239
Median age35.1This ZIP35.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$75,625This ZIP$75,625Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$114,300This ZIP$114,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,111This ZIP$1,111Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher9.7%This ZIP9.7%
Mean commute30.4 minThis ZIP30.4 min
Population density247.0 / sq miThis ZIP247.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments58This ZIP58
Employees293This ZIP293
Annual payroll$11,195,000This ZIP$11,195,000
Tax returns filed2,680This ZIP2,680
Total adjusted gross income$136,798,000This ZIP$136,798,000

Land area

Land area28.49 sq miThis ZIP28.49 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 78069 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Atascosa County 72.2%
Bexar County 27.8%

Other place names in 78069

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ZIP codes near 78069

ZIPCityDistance
78073 Von Ormy, TX 4.9 mi
78052 Lytle, TX 6.4 mi
78002 Atascosa, TX 7.7 mi
78065 Poteet, TX 7.7 mi
78054 Macdona, TX 9.6 mi
78264 San Antonio, TX 9.9 mi
78059 Natalia, TX 10.2 mi
78252 San Antonio, TX 10.3 mi
78224 San Antonio, TX 11.3 mi
78242 San Antonio, TX 11.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78069?

78069 is in Somerset, Texas, in Atascosa County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.1884, -98.6718.

What county is 78069 in?

78069 spans 2 counties: Atascosa County and Bexar County. Most of it falls in Atascosa 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 78069?

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

What time zone is 78069 in?

78069 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78069?

About 7,038 people live in ZIP code 78069, in 1,988 households, at 247.0 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 78069?

$75,625 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78069?

The closest are 78073 (4.9 mi), 78052 (6.4 mi), 78002 (7.7 mi), 78065 (7.7 mi) and 78054 (9.6 mi).

Is 78069 a PO Box ZIP code?

78069 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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