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78216

ZIP 78216 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
41,180
Coordinates
29.5387, -98.4913
☼ Live from 78216 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78216 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 78216
  • 🔢 Type 78216 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,216 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3259. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78215 (San Antonio, TX, 7 mi away) and 78217 (San Antonio, TX, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78216 becomes 61287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12768, 12786, 16728, 16827, 16872, 17268, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12768 in Parksville, NY, 1,574 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯711 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78216 and you would come out at 29.54°S, 81.51°E — 1,492 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 14.1 square miles of land, 78216 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population41,180This ZIP41,180
Households19,458This ZIP19,458
Housing units22,027This ZIP22,027
Median age37.8This ZIP37.8Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$59,110This ZIP$59,110Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$310,700This ZIP$310,700Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,234This ZIP$1,234Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.9%This ZIP33.9%
Mean commute22.4 minThis ZIP22.4 min
Population density2,926.8 / sq miThis ZIP2,926.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments2,951This ZIP2,951
Employees57,443This ZIP57,443
Annual payroll$3,553,794,000This ZIP$3,553,794,000
Tax returns filed18,080This ZIP18,080
Total adjusted gross income$1,953,562,000This ZIP$1,953,562,000

Land area

Land area14.07 sq miThis ZIP14.07 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 78216

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ZIP codes near 78216

ZIPCityDistance
78213 San Antonio, TX 2.5 mi
78232 San Antonio, TX 3.7 mi
78230 San Antonio, TX 4.0 mi
78209 San Antonio, TX 4.0 mi
78248 San Antonio, TX 4.1 mi
78231 San Antonio, TX 4.2 mi
78217 San Antonio, TX 4.3 mi
78212 San Antonio, TX 5.1 mi
78201 San Antonio, TX 5.4 mi
78229 San Antonio, TX 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78216?

78216 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.5387, -98.4913.

What county is 78216 in?

78216 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78216?

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

What time zone is 78216 in?

78216 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78216?

About 41,180 people live in ZIP code 78216, in 19,458 households, at 2,926.8 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 78216?

$59,110 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78216?

The closest are 78213 (2.5 mi), 78232 (3.7 mi), 78230 (4 mi), 78209 (4 mi) and 78248 (4.1 mi).

Is 78216 a PO Box ZIP code?

78216 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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