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78256

ZIP 78256 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
13,453
Coordinates
29.6223, -98.6262
☼ Live from 78256 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78256 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78256
  • 🔢 Type 78256 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,256 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 67 × 73. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78255 (San Antonio, TX, 3 mi away) and 78257 (San Antonio, TX, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78256 becomes 65287 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wooldridge, MO, 728 miles away.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25678, 25876, 26578, 26587, 27568, 27586, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27865 in Pinetown, NC, 1,328 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯705 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78256 and you would come out at 29.62°S, 81.37°E — 1,483 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 8.0 square miles of land, 78256 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,453This ZIP13,453
Households6,038This ZIP6,038
Housing units7,143This ZIP7,143
Median age29.8This ZIP29.8Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$74,977This ZIP$74,977Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$579,300This ZIP$579,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,600This ZIP$1,600Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher55.9%This ZIP55.9%
Mean commute21.4 minThis ZIP21.4 min
Population density1,683.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,683.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments403This ZIP403
Employees8,698This ZIP8,698
Annual payroll$463,739,000This ZIP$463,739,000
Tax returns filed6,480This ZIP6,480
Total adjusted gross income$787,108,000This ZIP$787,108,000

Land area

Land area7.99 sq miThis ZIP7.99 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 78256

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ZIP codes near 78256

ZIPCityDistance
78255 San Antonio, TX 3.0 mi
78257 San Antonio, TX 3.2 mi
78249 San Antonio, TX 3.9 mi
78231 San Antonio, TX 5.8 mi
78248 San Antonio, TX 6.5 mi
78230 San Antonio, TX 6.7 mi
78240 San Antonio, TX 6.8 mi
78023 Helotes, TX 7.8 mi
78258 San Antonio, TX 8.2 mi
78015 Boerne, TX 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78256?

78256 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6223, -98.6262.

What county is 78256 in?

78256 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78256?

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

What time zone is 78256 in?

78256 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78256?

About 13,453 people live in ZIP code 78256, in 6,038 households, at 1,683.7 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 78256?

$74,977 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78256?

The closest are 78255 (3 mi), 78257 (3.2 mi), 78249 (3.9 mi), 78231 (5.8 mi) and 78248 (6.5 mi).

Is 78256 a PO Box ZIP code?

78256 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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