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78215

ZIP 78215 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
3,506
Coordinates
29.4404, -98.4803
☼ Live from 78215 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78215 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78215
  • 🔢 Type 78215 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SIZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,215 = 5 × 15643. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78214 (San Antonio, TX, 6 mi away) and 78216 (San Antonio, TX, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78215 becomes 51287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12578, 12758, 12785, 12857, 15278, 15728, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12857 in Olmstedville, NY, 1,674 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯718 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78215 and you would come out at 29.44°S, 81.52°E — 1,498 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 1.1 square miles of land, 78215 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 514 football fields.
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People and housing

Population3,506This ZIP3,506
Households2,641This ZIP2,641
Housing units3,259This ZIP3,259
Median age35.2This ZIP35.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$84,437This ZIP$84,437Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$476,500This ZIP$476,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,767This ZIP$1,767Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher78.6%This ZIP78.6%
Mean commute19.5 minThis ZIP19.5 min
Population density3,301.3 / sq miThis ZIP3,301.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments386This ZIP386
Employees12,688This ZIP12,688
Annual payroll$935,883,000This ZIP$935,883,000
Tax returns filed2,240This ZIP2,240
Total adjusted gross income$312,911,000This ZIP$312,911,000

Land area

Land area1.06 sq miThis ZIP1.06 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 78215

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ZIP codes near 78215

ZIPCityDistance
78284 San Antonio, TX 0.7 mi
78206 San Antonio, TX 1.1 mi
78241 San Antonio, TX 1.1 mi
78246 San Antonio, TX 1.1 mi
78265 San Antonio, TX 1.1 mi
78268 San Antonio, TX 1.1 mi
78269 San Antonio, TX 1.1 mi
78270 San Antonio, TX 1.1 mi
78278 San Antonio, TX 1.1 mi
78279 San Antonio, TX 1.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78215?

78215 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.4404, -98.4803.

What county is 78215 in?

78215 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78215?

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

What time zone is 78215 in?

78215 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78215?

About 3,506 people live in ZIP code 78215, in 2,641 households, at 3,301.3 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 78215?

$84,437 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78215?

The closest are 78284 (0.7 mi), 78206 (1.1 mi), 78241 (1.1 mi), 78246 (1.1 mi) and 78265 (1.1 mi).

Is 78215 a PO Box ZIP code?

78215 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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