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78242

ZIP 78242 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
36,168
Coordinates
29.3504, -98.6071
☼ Live from 78242 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78242 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78242
  • 🔢 Type 78242 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,242 = 2 × 19 × 29 × 71. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78241 (San Antonio, TX, 11 mi away) and 78243 (San Antonio, TX, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78242 becomes 24287, 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, 1,382 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯724 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78242 and you would come out at 29.35°S, 81.39°E — 1,501 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 7.9 square miles of land, 78242 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population36,168This ZIP36,168
Households10,703This ZIP10,703
Housing units11,436This ZIP11,436
Median age29.7This ZIP29.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$50,644This ZIP$50,644Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$148,200This ZIP$148,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,270This ZIP$1,270Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.3%This ZIP10.3%
Mean commute30.1 minThis ZIP30.1 min
Population density4,569.6 / sq miThis ZIP4,569.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments119This ZIP119
Employees1,572This ZIP1,572
Annual payroll$47,819,000This ZIP$47,819,000
Tax returns filed13,930This ZIP13,930
Total adjusted gross income$504,990,000This ZIP$504,990,000

Land area

Land area7.92 sq miThis ZIP7.92 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 78242

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

ZIP codes near 78242

ZIPCityDistance
78243 San Antonio, TX 1.7 mi
78211 San Antonio, TX 2.3 mi
78236 Jbsa Lackland, TX 2.6 mi
78226 San Antonio, TX 3.2 mi
78227 San Antonio, TX 3.4 mi
78224 San Antonio, TX 4.6 mi
78252 San Antonio, TX 5.1 mi
78054 Macdona, TX 5.3 mi
78237 San Antonio, TX 5.5 mi
78225 San Antonio, TX 5.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78242?

78242 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.3504, -98.6071.

What county is 78242 in?

78242 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78242?

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

What time zone is 78242 in?

78242 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78242?

About 36,168 people live in ZIP code 78242, in 10,703 households, at 4,569.6 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 78242?

$50,644 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78242?

The closest are 78243 (1.7 mi), 78211 (2.3 mi), 78236 (2.6 mi), 78226 (3.2 mi) and 78227 (3.4 mi).

Is 78242 a PO Box ZIP code?

78242 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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