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78253

ZIP 78253 is in San Antonio, Texas, mostly 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 +1 more
Population
69,282
Coordinates
29.4702, -98.7876
☼ Live from 78253 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78253 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78253
  • 🔢 Type 78253 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,253 = 7 × 7 × 1597. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78252 (San Antonio, TX, 11 mi away) and 78254 (San Antonio, TX, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78253 becomes 35287 — and that is a real ZIP code: Birmingham, AL, 759 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23857, 23875, 25387, 25837, 25873, 27358, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83725 in Boise, ID, 1,369 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯716 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78253 and you would come out at 29.47°S, 81.21°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 53.6 square miles of land, 78253 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population69,282This ZIP69,282
Households23,370This ZIP23,370
Housing units25,188This ZIP25,188
Median age33.0This ZIP33.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$106,373This ZIP$106,373Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$360,000This ZIP$360,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,615This ZIP$1,615Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.9%This ZIP43.9%
Mean commute31.4 minThis ZIP31.4 min
Population density1,292.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,292.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments666This ZIP666
Employees8,600This ZIP8,600
Annual payroll$254,036,000This ZIP$254,036,000
Tax returns filed36,550This ZIP36,550
Total adjusted gross income$2,919,105,000This ZIP$2,919,105,000

Land area

Land area53.62 sq miThis ZIP53.62 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Counties 78253 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Bexar County 62.7%
Medina County 37.3%

Other place names in 78253

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ZIP codes near 78253

ZIPCityDistance
78254 San Antonio, TX 5.5 mi
78245 San Antonio, TX 6.0 mi
78066 Rio Medina, TX 6.5 mi
78251 San Antonio, TX 6.7 mi
78250 San Antonio, TX 7.7 mi
78009 Castroville, TX 9.4 mi
78238 San Antonio, TX 10.2 mi
78227 San Antonio, TX 10.5 mi
78056 Mico, TX 10.5 mi
78023 Helotes, TX 10.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78253?

78253 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.4702, -98.7876.

What county is 78253 in?

78253 spans 2 counties: Bexar County and Medina County. Most of it falls in Bexar County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 78253?

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

What time zone is 78253 in?

78253 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78253?

About 69,282 people live in ZIP code 78253, in 23,370 households, at 1,292.0 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 78253?

$106,373 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78253?

The closest are 78254 (5.5 mi), 78245 (6 mi), 78066 (6.5 mi), 78251 (6.7 mi) and 78250 (7.7 mi).

Is 78253 a PO Box ZIP code?

78253 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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