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78250

ZIP 78250 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
57,323
Coordinates
29.5027, -98.6649
☼ Live from 78250 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78250 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78250
  • 🔢 Type 78250 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,250 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 313. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78249 (San Antonio, TX, 5 mi away) and 78251 (San Antonio, TX, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78250 becomes 05287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02857, 02875, 05827, 05872, 07825, 07852, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05872 in West Charleston, VT, 1,797 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯713 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78250 and you would come out at 29.50°S, 81.34°E — 1,490 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 9.4 square miles of land, 78250 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population57,323This ZIP57,323
Households19,509This ZIP19,509
Housing units20,537This ZIP20,537
Median age36.0This ZIP36.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$80,659This ZIP$80,659Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$235,000This ZIP$235,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,530This ZIP$1,530Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.2%This ZIP32.2%
Mean commute27.4 minThis ZIP27.4 min
Population density6,086.5 / sq miThis ZIP6,086.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments592This ZIP592
Employees8,556This ZIP8,556
Annual payroll$277,063,000This ZIP$277,063,000
Tax returns filed25,830This ZIP25,830
Total adjusted gross income$1,517,431,000This ZIP$1,517,431,000

Land area

Land area9.42 sq miThis ZIP9.42 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 78250

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ZIP codes near 78250

ZIPCityDistance
78251 San Antonio, TX 2.9 mi
78238 San Antonio, TX 3.6 mi
78240 San Antonio, TX 4.0 mi
78254 San Antonio, TX 4.2 mi
78229 San Antonio, TX 5.3 mi
78249 San Antonio, TX 5.3 mi
78228 San Antonio, TX 6.3 mi
78230 San Antonio, TX 7.1 mi
78253 San Antonio, TX 7.7 mi
78227 San Antonio, TX 7.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78250?

78250 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.5027, -98.6649.

What county is 78250 in?

78250 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78250?

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

What time zone is 78250 in?

78250 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78250?

About 57,323 people live in ZIP code 78250, in 19,509 households, at 6,086.5 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 78250?

$80,659 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78250?

The closest are 78251 (2.9 mi), 78238 (3.6 mi), 78240 (4 mi), 78254 (4.2 mi) and 78229 (5.3 mi).

Is 78250 a PO Box ZIP code?

78250 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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