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78205

ZIP 78205 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
1,538
Coordinates
29.4239, -98.4864
☼ Live from 78205 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78205 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78205
  • 🔢 Type 78205 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,205 = 5 × 15641. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000101111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78204 (San Antonio, TX, 2 mi away) and 78206 (San Antonio, TX, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78205 becomes 50287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02857, 02875, 05827, 05872, 07825, 07852, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05872 in West Charleston, VT, 1,793 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯719 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78205 and you would come out at 29.42°S, 81.51°E — 1,499 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 1.2 square miles of land, 78205 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 568 football fields.
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People and housing

Population1,538This ZIP1,538
Households1,237This ZIP1,237
Housing units1,867This ZIP1,867
Median age43.9This ZIP43.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$38,964This ZIP$38,964Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$604,600This ZIP$604,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,276This ZIP$1,276Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.7%This ZIP36.7%
Mean commute20.6 minThis ZIP20.6 min
Population density1,311.2 / sq miThis ZIP1,311.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments987This ZIP987
Employees27,450This ZIP27,450
Annual payroll$1,505,672,000This ZIP$1,505,672,000
Tax returns filed890This ZIP890
Total adjusted gross income$208,500,000This ZIP$208,500,000

Land area

Land area1.17 sq miThis ZIP1.17 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 78205

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ZIP codes near 78205

ZIPCityDistance
78288 San Antonio, TX 0.4 mi
78215 San Antonio, TX 1.2 mi
78284 San Antonio, TX 1.3 mi
78202 San Antonio, TX 1.6 mi
78203 San Antonio, TX 1.7 mi
78204 San Antonio, TX 1.8 mi
78206 San Antonio, TX 1.8 mi
78241 San Antonio, TX 1.8 mi
78246 San Antonio, TX 1.8 mi
78265 San Antonio, TX 1.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78205?

78205 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.4239, -98.4864.

What county is 78205 in?

78205 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78205?

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

What time zone is 78205 in?

78205 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78205?

About 1,538 people live in ZIP code 78205, in 1,237 households, at 1,311.2 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 78205?

$38,964 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78205?

The closest are 78288 (0.4 mi), 78215 (1.2 mi), 78284 (1.3 mi), 78202 (1.6 mi) and 78203 (1.7 mi).

Is 78205 a PO Box ZIP code?

78205 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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