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78211

ZIP 78211 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
30,857
Coordinates
29.3425, -98.5700
☼ Live from 78211 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78211 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78211
  • 🔢 Type 78211 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,211 = 7 × 11173. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78210 (San Antonio, TX, 7 mi away) and 78212 (San Antonio, TX, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78211 becomes 11287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11782, 12187, 12781, 12817, 12871, 17128, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12817 in Chestertown, NY, 1,682 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯724 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78211 and you would come out at 29.34°S, 81.43°E — 1,503 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 16m.
  • 📏 At 10.2 square miles of land, 78211 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population30,857This ZIP30,857
Households9,746This ZIP9,746
Housing units10,490This ZIP10,490
Median age36.2This ZIP36.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$55,436This ZIP$55,436Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$118,300This ZIP$118,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,153This ZIP$1,153Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher6.5%This ZIP6.5%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density3,020.5 / sq miThis ZIP3,020.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments318This ZIP318
Employees5,629This ZIP5,629
Annual payroll$234,643,000This ZIP$234,643,000
Tax returns filed12,740This ZIP12,740
Total adjusted gross income$436,551,000This ZIP$436,551,000

Land area

Land area10.22 sq miThis ZIP10.22 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 78211

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

ZIP codes near 78211

ZIPCityDistance
78242 San Antonio, TX 2.3 mi
78243 San Antonio, TX 2.4 mi
78224 San Antonio, TX 2.7 mi
78226 San Antonio, TX 2.8 mi
78225 San Antonio, TX 4.1 mi
78236 Jbsa Lackland, TX 4.4 mi
78227 San Antonio, TX 5.3 mi
78237 San Antonio, TX 5.4 mi
78214 San Antonio, TX 5.6 mi
78204 San Antonio, TX 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78211?

78211 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.3425, -98.5700.

What county is 78211 in?

78211 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78211?

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

What time zone is 78211 in?

78211 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78211?

About 30,857 people live in ZIP code 78211, in 9,746 households, at 3,020.5 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 78211?

$55,436 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78211?

The closest are 78242 (2.3 mi), 78243 (2.4 mi), 78224 (2.7 mi), 78226 (2.8 mi) and 78225 (4.1 mi).

Is 78211 a PO Box ZIP code?

78211 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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