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78226

ZIP 78226 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
6,554
Coordinates
29.3838, -98.5699
☼ Live from 78226 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78226 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78226
  • 🔢 Type 78226 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,226 = 2 × 39113. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78225 (San Antonio, TX, 3 mi away) and 78227 (San Antonio, TX, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78226 becomes 62287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26278, 26287, 27268, 27628, 27826, 27862, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27826 in Fairfield, NC, 1,366 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯722 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78226 and you would come out at 29.38°S, 81.43°E — 1,500 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 16m.
  • 📏 At 7.1 square miles of land, 78226 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,554This ZIP6,554
Households2,305This ZIP2,305
Housing units3,003This ZIP3,003
Median age33.1This ZIP33.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$33,398This ZIP$33,398Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$107,100This ZIP$107,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,091This ZIP$1,091Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher8.6%This ZIP8.6%
Mean commute30.5 minThis ZIP30.5 min
Population density923.1 / sq miThis ZIP923.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments151This ZIP151
Employees6,178This ZIP6,178
Annual payroll$435,668,000This ZIP$435,668,000
Tax returns filed2,830This ZIP2,830
Total adjusted gross income$100,413,000This ZIP$100,413,000

Land area

Land area7.10 sq miThis ZIP7.10 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 78226

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ZIP codes near 78226

ZIPCityDistance
78243 San Antonio, TX 1.6 mi
78237 San Antonio, TX 2.6 mi
78225 San Antonio, TX 2.7 mi
78211 San Antonio, TX 2.8 mi
78236 Jbsa Lackland, TX 3.2 mi
78242 San Antonio, TX 3.2 mi
78207 San Antonio, TX 3.7 mi
78204 San Antonio, TX 4.2 mi
78227 San Antonio, TX 4.2 mi
78224 San Antonio, TX 5.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78226?

78226 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.3838, -98.5699.

What county is 78226 in?

78226 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78226?

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

What time zone is 78226 in?

78226 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78226?

About 6,554 people live in ZIP code 78226, in 2,305 households, at 923.1 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 78226?

$33,398 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78226?

The closest are 78243 (1.6 mi), 78237 (2.6 mi), 78225 (2.7 mi), 78211 (2.8 mi) and 78236 (3.2 mi).

Is 78226 a PO Box ZIP code?

78226 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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