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78209

ZIP 78209 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
43,400
Coordinates
29.4889, -98.4562
☼ Live from 78209 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78209 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78209
  • 🔢 Type 78209 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,209 = 197 × 397. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78208 (San Antonio, TX, 3 mi away) and 78210 (San Antonio, TX, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78209 becomes 90287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 41 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02879, 07829, 07928, 09728, 09827, 20879, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09827 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,519 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯714 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78209 and you would come out at 29.49°S, 81.54°E — 1,496 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 10.2 square miles of land, 78209 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population43,400This ZIP43,400
Households20,328This ZIP20,328
Housing units23,033This ZIP23,033
Median age38.9This ZIP38.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$86,514This ZIP$86,514Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$497,000This ZIP$497,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,447This ZIP$1,447Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher60.9%This ZIP60.9%
Mean commute18.3 minThis ZIP18.3 min
Population density4,267.0 / sq miThis ZIP4,267.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,858This ZIP1,858
Employees27,895This ZIP27,895
Annual payroll$1,396,365,000This ZIP$1,396,365,000
Tax returns filed19,140This ZIP19,140
Total adjusted gross income$4,354,719,000This ZIP$4,354,719,000

Land area

Land area10.17 sq miThis ZIP10.17 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 78209

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ZIP codes near 78209

ZIPCityDistance
78234 Jbsa Ft Sam Houston, TX 2.2 mi
78212 San Antonio, TX 2.8 mi
78208 San Antonio, TX 3.4 mi
78206 San Antonio, TX 3.6 mi
78241 San Antonio, TX 3.6 mi
78246 San Antonio, TX 3.6 mi
78265 San Antonio, TX 3.6 mi
78268 San Antonio, TX 3.6 mi
78269 San Antonio, TX 3.6 mi
78270 San Antonio, TX 3.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78209?

78209 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.4889, -98.4562.

What county is 78209 in?

78209 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78209?

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

What time zone is 78209 in?

78209 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78209?

About 43,400 people live in ZIP code 78209, in 20,328 households, at 4,267.0 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 78209?

$86,514 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78209?

The closest are 78234 (2.2 mi), 78212 (2.8 mi), 78208 (3.4 mi), 78206 (3.6 mi) and 78241 (3.6 mi).

Is 78209 a PO Box ZIP code?

78209 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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