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78255

ZIP 78255 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
17,379
Coordinates
29.6492, -98.6663
☼ Live from 78255 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78255 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78255
  • 🔢 Type 78255 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,255 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 37 × 47. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78254 (San Antonio, TX, 9 mi away) and 78256 (San Antonio, TX, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78255 becomes 55287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25857, 25875, 27855, 28557, 28575, 28755, …). The farthest-flung twin is 58752 in Lignite, ND, 1,341 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯703 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78255 and you would come out at 29.65°S, 81.33°E — 1,481 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 14m.
  • 📏 At 17.9 square miles of land, 78255 is bigger than 36% of ZIP codes — room for about 14 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,379This ZIP17,379
Households6,106This ZIP6,106
Housing units6,270This ZIP6,270
Median age40.6This ZIP40.6Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$157,428This ZIP$157,428Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$531,400This ZIP$531,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,815This ZIP$1,815Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher63.2%This ZIP63.2%
Mean commute27.4 minThis ZIP27.4 min
Population density968.4 / sq miThis ZIP968.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments330This ZIP330
Employees2,055This ZIP2,055
Annual payroll$93,520,000This ZIP$93,520,000
Tax returns filed8,370This ZIP8,370
Total adjusted gross income$1,580,672,000This ZIP$1,580,672,000

Land area

Land area17.95 sq miThis ZIP17.95 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 78255

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ZIP codes near 78255

ZIPCityDistance
78256 San Antonio, TX 3.0 mi
78257 San Antonio, TX 5.1 mi
78023 Helotes, TX 5.7 mi
78249 San Antonio, TX 6.5 mi
78015 Boerne, TX 6.5 mi
78231 San Antonio, TX 8.8 mi
78254 San Antonio, TX 9.0 mi
78240 San Antonio, TX 9.3 mi
78248 San Antonio, TX 9.4 mi
78230 San Antonio, TX 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78255?

78255 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6492, -98.6663.

What county is 78255 in?

78255 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78255?

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

What time zone is 78255 in?

78255 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78255?

About 17,379 people live in ZIP code 78255, in 6,106 households, at 968.4 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 78255?

$157,428 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78255?

The closest are 78256 (3 mi), 78257 (5.1 mi), 78023 (5.7 mi), 78249 (6.5 mi) and 78015 (6.5 mi).

Is 78255 a PO Box ZIP code?

78255 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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