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78249

ZIP 78249 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
63,439
Coordinates
29.5668, -98.6158
☼ Live from 78249 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78249 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78249
  • 🔢 Type 78249 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,249 = 3 × 26083. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78248 (San Antonio, TX, 6 mi away) and 78250 (San Antonio, TX, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78249 becomes 94287 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sacramento, CA, 1,445 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24879, 27498, 27849, 27894, 27948, 28479, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98247 in Everson, WA, 1,827 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯709 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78249 and you would come out at 29.57°S, 81.38°E — 1,487 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 14.5 square miles of land, 78249 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population63,439This ZIP63,439
Households23,432This ZIP23,432
Housing units24,772This ZIP24,772
Median age28.8This ZIP28.8Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$80,565This ZIP$80,565Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$305,400This ZIP$305,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,527This ZIP$1,527Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher52.0%This ZIP52.0%
Mean commute23.8 minThis ZIP23.8 min
Population density4,380.2 / sq miThis ZIP4,380.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,275This ZIP1,275
Employees38,532This ZIP38,532
Annual payroll$3,176,334,000This ZIP$3,176,334,000
Tax returns filed25,860This ZIP25,860
Total adjusted gross income$1,932,870,000This ZIP$1,932,870,000

Land area

Land area14.48 sq miThis ZIP14.48 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 78249

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ZIP codes near 78249

ZIPCityDistance
78240 San Antonio, TX 2.9 mi
78230 San Antonio, TX 3.8 mi
78256 San Antonio, TX 3.9 mi
78231 San Antonio, TX 4.5 mi
78229 San Antonio, TX 4.8 mi
78250 San Antonio, TX 5.3 mi
78248 San Antonio, TX 5.7 mi
78257 San Antonio, TX 5.9 mi
78255 San Antonio, TX 6.5 mi
78238 San Antonio, TX 6.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78249?

78249 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.5668, -98.6158.

What county is 78249 in?

78249 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78249?

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

What time zone is 78249 in?

78249 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78249?

About 63,439 people live in ZIP code 78249, in 23,432 households, at 4,380.2 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 78249?

$80,565 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78249?

The closest are 78240 (2.9 mi), 78230 (3.8 mi), 78256 (3.9 mi), 78231 (4.5 mi) and 78229 (4.8 mi).

Is 78249 a PO Box ZIP code?

78249 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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