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78248

ZIP 78248 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
14,488
Coordinates
29.5900, -98.5253
☼ Live from 78248 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78248 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78248
  • 🔢 Type 78248 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,248 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 9781. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78247 (San Antonio, TX, 7 mi away) and 78249 (San Antonio, TX, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78248 becomes 84287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24878, 24887, 27884, 28478, 28748, 28784, …). The farthest-flung twin is 48728 in Curran, MI, 1,319 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯707 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78248 and you would come out at 29.59°S, 81.47°E — 1,488 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 15m.
  • 📏 At 3.9 square miles of land, 78248 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,488This ZIP14,488
Households5,761This ZIP5,761
Housing units6,157This ZIP6,157
Median age41.5This ZIP41.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$130,552This ZIP$130,552Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$479,500This ZIP$479,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,369This ZIP$1,369Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher65.9%This ZIP65.9%
Mean commute24.1 minThis ZIP24.1 min
Population density3,759.2 / sq miThis ZIP3,759.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments407This ZIP407
Employees5,706This ZIP5,706
Annual payroll$315,028,000This ZIP$315,028,000
Tax returns filed6,760This ZIP6,760
Total adjusted gross income$1,259,426,000This ZIP$1,259,426,000

Land area

Land area3.85 sq miThis ZIP3.85 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 78248

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

ZIP codes near 78248

ZIPCityDistance
78231 San Antonio, TX 1.2 mi
78232 San Antonio, TX 2.9 mi
78230 San Antonio, TX 3.6 mi
78258 San Antonio, TX 3.7 mi
78216 San Antonio, TX 4.1 mi
78213 San Antonio, TX 5.1 mi
78257 San Antonio, TX 5.2 mi
78249 San Antonio, TX 5.7 mi
78256 San Antonio, TX 6.5 mi
78240 San Antonio, TX 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78248?

78248 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.5900, -98.5253.

What county is 78248 in?

78248 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78248?

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

What time zone is 78248 in?

78248 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78248?

About 14,488 people live in ZIP code 78248, in 5,761 households, at 3,759.2 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 78248?

$130,552 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78248?

The closest are 78231 (1.2 mi), 78232 (2.9 mi), 78230 (3.6 mi), 78258 (3.7 mi) and 78216 (4.1 mi).

Is 78248 a PO Box ZIP code?

78248 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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