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78130

ZIP 78130 is in New Braunfels, Texas, mostly in Guadalupe County; area code 830; Central time. New Braunfels has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 78131, 78132 and 78135.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Guadalupe +2 more
Population
104,009
Coordinates
29.6936, -98.0687
☼ Live from 78130 — New Braunfels, TX

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Where 78130 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78130
  • 🔢 Type 78130 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEIBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,130 = 2 × 5 × 13 × 601. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000100110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78125 (Mineral, TX, 81 mi away) and 78131 (New Braunfels, TX, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78130 becomes 03187, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01378, 03781, 03817, 03871, 07831, 08317, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03817 in Chocorua, NH, 1,767 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯701 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78130 and you would come out at 29.69°S, 81.93°E — 1,491 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 14m.
  • 📏 At 91.0 square miles of land, 78130 is bigger than 76% of ZIP codes — room for about 69 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population104,009This ZIP104,009
Households40,747This ZIP40,747
Housing units44,789This ZIP44,789
Median age36.1This ZIP36.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$83,064This ZIP$83,064Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$323,200This ZIP$323,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,659This ZIP$1,659Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.3%This ZIP36.3%
Mean commute26.7 minThis ZIP26.7 min
Population density1,142.6 / sq miThis ZIP1,142.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments2,526This ZIP2,526
Employees36,859This ZIP36,859
Annual payroll$1,760,880,000This ZIP$1,760,880,000
Tax returns filed45,780This ZIP45,780
Total adjusted gross income$3,695,331,000This ZIP$3,695,331,000

Land area

Land area91.03 sq miThis ZIP91.03 sq mi
Water area1.14 sq miThis ZIP1.14 sq mi

Counties 78130 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Guadalupe County 56.0%
Comal County 43.5%
Hays County 0.5%

Other place names in 78130

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

ZIP codes near 78130

ZIPCityDistance
78131 New Braunfels, TX 3.4 mi
78135 New Braunfels, TX 3.4 mi
78123 Mc Queeney, TX 6.4 mi
78156 Seguin, TX 8.1 mi
78132 New Braunfels, TX 8.6 mi
78115 Geronimo, TX 10.4 mi
78124 Marion, TX 10.5 mi
78108 Cibolo, TX 12.4 mi
78155 Seguin, TX 13.4 mi
78666 San Marcos, TX 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78130?

78130 is in New Braunfels, Texas, in Guadalupe County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6936, -98.0687.

What county is 78130 in?

78130 spans 3 counties: Guadalupe County, Comal County and Hays 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 78130?

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

What time zone is 78130 in?

78130 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78130?

About 104,009 people live in ZIP code 78130, in 40,747 households, at 1,142.6 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 78130?

$83,064 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78130?

The closest are 78131 (3.4 mi), 78135 (3.4 mi), 78123 (6.4 mi), 78156 (8.1 mi) and 78132 (8.6 mi).

Is 78130 a PO Box ZIP code?

78130 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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