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78124

ZIP 78124 is Marion, Texas, mostly in Guadalupe County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Guadalupe +1 more
Population
6,157
Coordinates
29.5573, -98.1469
☼ Live from 78124 — Marion, TX

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Where 78124 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78124
  • 🔢 Type 78124 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZIBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,124 = 2 × 2 × 19531. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000100101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78123 (Mc Queeney, TX, 7 mi away) and 78125 (Mineral, TX, 72 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78124 becomes 42187, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12487, 12748, 12784, 12847, 12874, 14728, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12874 in Silver Bay, NY, 1,667 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯710 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78124 and you would come out at 29.56°S, 81.85°E — 1,498 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 15m.
  • 📏 At 56.9 square miles of land, 78124 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 43 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,157This ZIP6,157
Households2,378This ZIP2,378
Housing units2,595This ZIP2,595
Median age46.6This ZIP46.6Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$74,192This ZIP$74,192Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$282,700This ZIP$282,700Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,356This ZIP$1,356Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.4%This ZIP24.4%
Mean commute33.6 minThis ZIP33.6 min
Population density108.1 / sq miThis ZIP108.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments119This ZIP119
Employees1,845This ZIP1,845
Annual payroll$98,312,000This ZIP$98,312,000
Tax returns filed3,630This ZIP3,630
Total adjusted gross income$290,360,000This ZIP$290,360,000

Land area

Land area56.95 sq miThis ZIP56.95 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Counties 78124 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Guadalupe County 87.5%
Bexar County 12.5%

Other place names in 78124

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

ZIP codes near 78124

ZIPCityDistance
78108 Cibolo, TX 4.4 mi
78115 Geronimo, TX 6.4 mi
78154 Schertz, TX 7.0 mi
78123 Mc Queeney, TX 7.3 mi
78150 Jbsa Randolph, TX 8.2 mi
78148 Universal City, TX 9.0 mi
78152 Saint Hedwig, TX 9.5 mi
78131 New Braunfels, TX 10.2 mi
78135 New Braunfels, TX 10.2 mi
78109 Converse, TX 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78124?

78124 is in Marion, Texas, in Guadalupe County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.5573, -98.1469.

What county is 78124 in?

78124 spans 2 counties: Guadalupe County and Bexar County. Most of it falls in Guadalupe 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 78124?

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

What time zone is 78124 in?

78124 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78124?

About 6,157 people live in ZIP code 78124, in 2,378 households, at 108.1 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 78124?

$74,192 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78124?

The closest are 78108 (4.4 mi), 78115 (6.4 mi), 78154 (7 mi), 78123 (7.3 mi) and 78150 (8.2 mi).

Is 78124 a PO Box ZIP code?

78124 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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