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78076

ZIP 78076 is Zapata, Texas, in Zapata County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Zapata
Metro area
Zapata, TX
Population
13,123
Coordinates
26.9341, -99.1310
☼ Live from 78076 — Zapata, TX

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Where 78076 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78076
  • 🔢 Type 78076 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLOBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,076 = 2 × 2 × 131 × 149. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000011111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78075 (Whitsett, TX, 126 mi away) and 78101 (Adkins, TX, 176 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78076 becomes 67087, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06778, 06787, 06877, 07876, 67870, 68770, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06778 in Northfield, CT, 1,791 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯891 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78076 and you would come out at 26.93°S, 80.87°E — 1,453 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 27m.
  • 📏 At 552.0 square miles of land, 78076 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 419 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,123This ZIP13,123
Households4,303This ZIP4,303
Housing units5,788This ZIP5,788
Median age32.2This ZIP32.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$39,239This ZIP$39,239Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$100,000This ZIP$100,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$613This ZIP$613Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.5%This ZIP15.5%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density23.8 / sq miThis ZIP23.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments137This ZIP137
Employees1,749This ZIP1,749
Annual payroll$54,095,000This ZIP$54,095,000
Tax returns filed4,930This ZIP4,930
Total adjusted gross income$189,385,000This ZIP$189,385,000

Land area

Land area552.04 sq miThis ZIP552.04 sq mi
Water area41.92 sq miThis ZIP41.92 sq mi

Other place names in 78076

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 78076

ZIPCityDistance
78564 Lopeno, TX 18.2 mi
78067 San Ygnacio, TX 18.5 mi
78360 Guerra, TX 19.1 mi
78545 Falcon Heights, TX 24.1 mi
78361 Hebbronville, TX 25.0 mi
78584 Roma, TX 26.6 mi
78585 Salineno, TX 31.2 mi
78369 Mirando City, TX 34.3 mi
78046 Laredo, TX 35.0 mi
78582 Rio Grande City, TX 36.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78076?

78076 is in Zapata, Texas, in Zapata County, part of the Zapata, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.9341, -99.1310.

What county is 78076 in?

78076 lies in Zapata County.

What area code is 78076?

Zapata uses area code 956, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78076 in?

78076 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78076?

About 13,123 people live in ZIP code 78076, in 4,303 households, at 23.8 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 78076?

$39,239 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78076?

The closest are 78564 (18.2 mi), 78067 (18.5 mi), 78360 (19.1 mi), 78545 (24.1 mi) and 78361 (25 mi).

Is 78076 a PO Box ZIP code?

78076 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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