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78252

ZIP 78252 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
21,790
Coordinates
29.3360, -98.6907
☼ Live from 78252 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78252 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78252
  • 🔢 Type 78252 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,252 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 6521. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78251 (San Antonio, TX, 9 mi away) and 78253 (San Antonio, TX, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78252 becomes 25287 — and that is a real ZIP code: West Columbia, WV, 1,158 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22578, 25287, 25728, 25827, 27258, 27285, …). The farthest-flung twin is 22578 in White Stone, VA, 1,404 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯725 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78252 and you would come out at 29.34°S, 81.31°E — 1,501 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 16m.
  • 📏 At 28.1 square miles of land, 78252 is bigger than 44% of ZIP codes — room for about 21 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,790This ZIP21,790
Households6,626This ZIP6,626
Housing units6,946This ZIP6,946
Median age31.2This ZIP31.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$85,518This ZIP$85,518Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$250,600This ZIP$250,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,549This ZIP$1,549Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.8%This ZIP19.8%
Mean commute33.8 minThis ZIP33.8 min
Population density774.9 / sq miThis ZIP774.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments77This ZIP77
Employees576This ZIP576
Annual payroll$29,954,000This ZIP$29,954,000
Tax returns filed11,550This ZIP11,550
Total adjusted gross income$623,475,000This ZIP$623,475,000

Land area

Land area28.12 sq miThis ZIP28.12 sq mi
Water area0.63 sq miThis ZIP0.63 sq mi

Other place names in 78252

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

ZIP codes near 78252

ZIPCityDistance
78054 Macdona, TX 0.7 mi
78002 Atascosa, TX 4.6 mi
78227 San Antonio, TX 4.8 mi
78245 San Antonio, TX 5.0 mi
78242 San Antonio, TX 5.1 mi
78236 Jbsa Lackland, TX 5.4 mi
78243 San Antonio, TX 6.4 mi
78211 San Antonio, TX 7.3 mi
78073 Von Ormy, TX 7.6 mi
78226 San Antonio, TX 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78252?

78252 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.3360, -98.6907.

What county is 78252 in?

78252 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78252?

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

What time zone is 78252 in?

78252 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78252?

About 21,790 people live in ZIP code 78252, in 6,626 households, at 774.9 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 78252?

$85,518 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78252?

The closest are 78054 (0.7 mi), 78002 (4.6 mi), 78227 (4.8 mi), 78245 (5 mi) and 78242 (5.1 mi).

Is 78252 a PO Box ZIP code?

78252 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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