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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/78148

78148

ZIP 78148 is Universal City, Texas, in Bexar County; area codes 210 and 726; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bexar
Population
22,187
Coordinates
29.5433, -98.2965
☼ Live from 78148 — Universal City, TX

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Where 78148 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78148
  • 🔢 Type 78148 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhIBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,148 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 2791. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000101000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78147 (Poth, TX, 35 mi away) and 78150 (Jbsa Randolph, TX, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78148 becomes 84187, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14788, 14878, 14887, 17884, 18847, 47881, …). The farthest-flung twin is 18847 in Susquehanna, PA, 1,527 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯711 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78148 and you would come out at 29.54°S, 81.70°E — 1,495 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 15m.
  • 📏 At 9.6 square miles of land, 78148 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population22,187This ZIP22,187
Households8,767This ZIP8,767
Housing units9,041This ZIP9,041
Median age35.3This ZIP35.3Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$74,783This ZIP$74,783Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$267,000This ZIP$267,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,356This ZIP$1,356Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.3%This ZIP33.3%
Mean commute25.0 minThis ZIP25.0 min
Population density2,301.3 / sq miThis ZIP2,301.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments391This ZIP391
Employees5,565This ZIP5,565
Annual payroll$217,532,000This ZIP$217,532,000
Tax returns filed10,140This ZIP10,140
Total adjusted gross income$650,020,000This ZIP$650,020,000

Land area

Land area9.64 sq miThis ZIP9.64 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 78148

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

ZIP codes near 78148

ZIPCityDistance
78150 Jbsa Randolph, TX 1.0 mi
78154 Schertz, TX 2.1 mi
78233 San Antonio, TX 4.1 mi
78239 San Antonio, TX 4.4 mi
78109 Converse, TX 4.5 mi
78108 Cibolo, TX 5.1 mi
78244 San Antonio, TX 5.6 mi
78218 San Antonio, TX 6.9 mi
78247 San Antonio, TX 7.2 mi
78217 San Antonio, TX 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78148?

78148 is in Universal City, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.5433, -98.2965.

What county is 78148 in?

78148 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78148?

Universal City uses area codes 210 and 726, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78148 in?

78148 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78148?

About 22,187 people live in ZIP code 78148, in 8,767 households, at 2,301.3 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 78148?

$74,783 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78148?

The closest are 78150 (1 mi), 78154 (2.1 mi), 78233 (4.1 mi), 78239 (4.4 mi) and 78109 (4.5 mi).

Is 78148 a PO Box ZIP code?

78148 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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