Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/78224

78224

ZIP 78224 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
22,232
Coordinates
29.3102, -98.5462
☼ Live from 78224 — San Antonio, TX

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 78224 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 78224
  • 🔢 Type 78224 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,224 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 4889. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78223 (San Antonio, TX, 10 mi away) and 78225 (San Antonio, TX, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78224 becomes 42287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22748, 22847, 24827, 24872, 27248, 27284, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27824 in Engelhard, NC, 1,380 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯727 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78224 and you would come out at 29.31°S, 81.45°E — 1,505 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 15.3 square miles of land, 78224 is bigger than 33% of ZIP codes — room for about 12 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 78224 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population22,232This ZIP22,232
Households6,878This ZIP6,878
Housing units7,625This ZIP7,625
Median age29.4This ZIP29.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$59,891This ZIP$59,891Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$162,200This ZIP$162,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,227This ZIP$1,227Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.4%This ZIP10.4%
Mean commute25.6 minThis ZIP25.6 min
Population density1,457.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,457.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments386This ZIP386
Employees9,271This ZIP9,271
Annual payroll$384,756,000This ZIP$384,756,000
Tax returns filed9,710This ZIP9,710
Total adjusted gross income$403,193,000This ZIP$403,193,000

Land area

Land area15.25 sq miThis ZIP15.25 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Other place names in 78224

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

ZIP codes near 78224

ZIPCityDistance
78211 San Antonio, TX 2.7 mi
78221 San Antonio, TX 3.9 mi
78242 San Antonio, TX 4.6 mi
78214 San Antonio, TX 5.0 mi
78243 San Antonio, TX 5.1 mi
78226 San Antonio, TX 5.3 mi
78225 San Antonio, TX 5.5 mi
78073 Von Ormy, TX 6.5 mi
78235 San Antonio, TX 6.9 mi
78204 San Antonio, TX 7.0 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 78224 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78224?

78224 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.3102, -98.5462.

What county is 78224 in?

78224 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78224?

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

What time zone is 78224 in?

78224 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78224?

About 22,232 people live in ZIP code 78224, in 6,878 households, at 1,457.7 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 78224?

$59,891 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78224?

The closest are 78211 (2.7 mi), 78221 (3.9 mi), 78242 (4.6 mi), 78214 (5 mi) and 78243 (5.1 mi).

Is 78224 a PO Box ZIP code?

78224 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “78224 ZIP Code — San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/78224

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/78224.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.