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78237

ZIP 78237 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
37,379
Coordinates
29.4209, -98.5665
☼ Live from 78237 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78237 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78237
  • 🔢 Type 78237 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,237 = 3 × 3 × 8693. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78236 (Jbsa Lackland, TX, 4 mi away) and 78238 (San Antonio, TX, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78237 becomes 73287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27837, 27873, 28377, 28737, 28773, 32778, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27837 in Grimesland, NC, 1,311 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯719 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78237 and you would come out at 29.42°S, 81.43°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 7.1 square miles of land, 78237 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population37,379This ZIP37,379
Households11,821This ZIP11,821
Housing units13,144This ZIP13,144
Median age34.7This ZIP34.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$42,772This ZIP$42,772Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$115,500This ZIP$115,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,064This ZIP$1,064Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher6.2%This ZIP6.2%
Mean commute25.4 minThis ZIP25.4 min
Population density5,246.2 / sq miThis ZIP5,246.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments350This ZIP350
Employees5,378This ZIP5,378
Annual payroll$205,358,000This ZIP$205,358,000
Tax returns filed15,030This ZIP15,030
Total adjusted gross income$489,942,000This ZIP$489,942,000

Land area

Land area7.13 sq miThis ZIP7.13 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 78237

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

ZIP codes near 78237

ZIPCityDistance
78207 San Antonio, TX 2.4 mi
78226 San Antonio, TX 2.6 mi
78228 San Antonio, TX 2.8 mi
78225 San Antonio, TX 3.3 mi
78243 San Antonio, TX 3.8 mi
78204 San Antonio, TX 3.9 mi
78201 San Antonio, TX 4.0 mi
78236 Jbsa Lackland, TX 4.2 mi
78288 San Antonio, TX 4.4 mi
78238 San Antonio, TX 4.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78237?

78237 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.4209, -98.5665.

What county is 78237 in?

78237 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78237?

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

What time zone is 78237 in?

78237 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78237?

About 37,379 people live in ZIP code 78237, in 11,821 households, at 5,246.2 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 78237?

$42,772 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78237?

The closest are 78207 (2.4 mi), 78226 (2.6 mi), 78228 (2.8 mi), 78225 (3.3 mi) and 78243 (3.8 mi).

Is 78237 a PO Box ZIP code?

78237 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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