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78132

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Comal +1 more
Population
40,953
Coordinates
29.7588, -98.1911
☼ Live from 78132 — New Braunfels, TX

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Where 78132 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78132
  • 🔢 Type 78132 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZEIBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,132 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 17 × 383. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000100110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78131 (New Braunfels, TX, 6 mi away) and 78133 (Canyon Lake, TX, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78132 becomes 23187 — and that is a real ZIP code: Williamsburg, VA, 1,337 miles away.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12738, 12783, 12837, 12873, 13782, 13827, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12837 in Hampton, NY, 1,666 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯696 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78132 and you would come out at 29.76°S, 81.81°E — 1,484 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 179.3 square miles of land, 78132 is bigger than 89% of ZIP codes — room for about 136 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40,953This ZIP40,953
Households14,736This ZIP14,736
Housing units15,431This ZIP15,431
Median age43.7This ZIP43.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$135,315This ZIP$135,315Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$620,300This ZIP$620,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,670This ZIP$1,670Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher54.3%This ZIP54.3%
Mean commute31.5 minThis ZIP31.5 min
Population density228.4 / sq miThis ZIP228.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments925This ZIP925
Employees11,357This ZIP11,357
Annual payroll$631,792,000This ZIP$631,792,000
Tax returns filed20,820This ZIP20,820
Total adjusted gross income$3,085,270,000This ZIP$3,085,270,000

Land area

Land area179.34 sq miThis ZIP179.34 sq mi
Water area0.66 sq miThis ZIP0.66 sq mi

Counties 78132 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Comal County 99.5%
Guadalupe County 0.5%

Other place names in 78132

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ZIP codes near 78132

ZIPCityDistance
78131 New Braunfels, TX 5.6 mi
78135 New Braunfels, TX 5.6 mi
78130 New Braunfels, TX 8.6 mi
78133 Canyon Lake, TX 9.4 mi
78266 San Antonio, TX 11.6 mi
78108 Cibolo, TX 13.1 mi
78261 San Antonio, TX 13.6 mi
78623 Fischer, TX 13.7 mi
78123 Mc Queeney, TX 14.0 mi
78124 Marion, TX 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78132?

78132 is in New Braunfels, Texas, in Comal County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.7588, -98.1911.

What county is 78132 in?

78132 spans 2 counties: Comal County and Guadalupe County. Most of it falls in Comal 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 78132?

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

What time zone is 78132 in?

78132 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78132?

About 40,953 people live in ZIP code 78132, in 14,736 households, at 228.4 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 78132?

$135,315 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78132?

The closest are 78131 (5.6 mi), 78135 (5.6 mi), 78130 (8.6 mi), 78133 (9.4 mi) and 78266 (11.6 mi).

Is 78132 a PO Box ZIP code?

78132 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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