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78227

ZIP 78227 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
44,035
Coordinates
29.3899, -98.6394
☼ Live from 78227 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78227 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78227
  • 🔢 Type 78227 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,227 = 137 × 571. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78226 (San Antonio, TX, 4 mi away) and 78228 (San Antonio, TX, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78227 becomes 72287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27278, 27827, 27872, 28277, 28727, 28772, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27872 in Roxobel, NC, 1,325 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯721 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78227 and you would come out at 29.39°S, 81.36°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 19.1 square miles of land, 78227 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 14 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population44,035This ZIP44,035
Households14,074This ZIP14,074
Housing units15,770This ZIP15,770
Median age34.1This ZIP34.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$51,519This ZIP$51,519Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$159,700This ZIP$159,700Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,207This ZIP$1,207Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.6%This ZIP10.6%
Mean commute27.6 minThis ZIP27.6 min
Population density2,307.4 / sq miThis ZIP2,307.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments476This ZIP476
Employees9,904This ZIP9,904
Annual payroll$398,332,000This ZIP$398,332,000
Tax returns filed19,630This ZIP19,630
Total adjusted gross income$743,415,000This ZIP$743,415,000

Land area

Land area19.08 sq miThis ZIP19.08 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Other place names in 78227

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

ZIP codes near 78227

ZIPCityDistance
78236 Jbsa Lackland, TX 1.1 mi
78243 San Antonio, TX 3.1 mi
78242 San Antonio, TX 3.4 mi
78226 San Antonio, TX 4.2 mi
78252 San Antonio, TX 4.8 mi
78237 San Antonio, TX 4.9 mi
78211 San Antonio, TX 5.3 mi
78054 Macdona, TX 5.4 mi
78251 San Antonio, TX 5.4 mi
78238 San Antonio, TX 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78227?

78227 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.3899, -98.6394.

What county is 78227 in?

78227 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78227?

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

What time zone is 78227 in?

78227 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78227?

About 44,035 people live in ZIP code 78227, in 14,074 households, at 2,307.4 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 78227?

$51,519 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78227?

The closest are 78236 (1.1 mi), 78243 (3.1 mi), 78242 (3.4 mi), 78226 (4.2 mi) and 78252 (4.8 mi).

Is 78227 a PO Box ZIP code?

78227 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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