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78201

ZIP 78201 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County; area codes 210 and 726; Central time. San Antonio has 83 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bexar
Population
41,981
Coordinates
29.4684, -98.5289
☼ Live from 78201 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78201 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78201
  • 🔢 Type 78201 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,201 = 3 × 3 × 8689. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000101111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78164 (Yorktown, TX, 70 mi away) and 78202 (San Antonio, TX, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78201 becomes 10287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 67 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01827, 02187, 02718, 02817, 02871, 07821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02187 in Milton Village, MA, 1,762 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯716 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78201 and you would come out at 29.47°S, 81.47°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 7.1 square miles of land, 78201 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population41,981This ZIP41,981
Households16,374This ZIP16,374
Housing units18,416This ZIP18,416
Median age39.3This ZIP39.3Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$47,121This ZIP$47,121Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$197,800This ZIP$197,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,069This ZIP$1,069Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.3%This ZIP17.3%
Mean commute22.7 minThis ZIP22.7 min
Population density5,888.8 / sq miThis ZIP5,888.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments795This ZIP795
Employees12,885This ZIP12,885
Annual payroll$583,683,000This ZIP$583,683,000
Tax returns filed17,920This ZIP17,920
Total adjusted gross income$788,523,000This ZIP$788,523,000

Land area

Land area7.13 sq miThis ZIP7.13 sq mi
Water area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi

Other place names in 78201

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

ZIP codes near 78201

ZIPCityDistance
78212 San Antonio, TX 2.1 mi
78228 San Antonio, TX 2.6 mi
78284 San Antonio, TX 2.9 mi
78207 San Antonio, TX 3.2 mi
78213 San Antonio, TX 3.3 mi
78215 San Antonio, TX 3.5 mi
78288 San Antonio, TX 3.7 mi
78229 San Antonio, TX 3.9 mi
78237 San Antonio, TX 4.0 mi
78205 San Antonio, TX 4.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78201?

78201 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.4684, -98.5289.

What county is 78201 in?

78201 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78201?

San Antonio uses area codes 210 and 726, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78201 in?

78201 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78201?

About 41,981 people live in ZIP code 78201, in 16,374 households, at 5,888.8 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 78201?

$47,121 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78201?

The closest are 78212 (2.1 mi), 78228 (2.6 mi), 78284 (2.9 mi), 78207 (3.2 mi) and 78213 (3.3 mi).

Is 78201 a PO Box ZIP code?

78201 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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