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78259

ZIP 78259 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
29,826
Coordinates
29.6252, -98.4219
☼ Live from 78259 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78259 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78259
  • 🔢 Type 78259 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 78259 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78258 (San Antonio, TX, 4 mi away) and 78260 (San Antonio, TX, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78259 becomes 95287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25879, 25978, 27589, 27895, 27958, 27985, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98257 in La Conner, WA, 1,817 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 78259 and you would come out at 29.63°S, 81.58°E — 1,487 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 15.5 square miles of land, 78259 is bigger than 33% of ZIP codes — room for about 12 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,826This ZIP29,826
Households11,263This ZIP11,263
Housing units11,779This ZIP11,779
Median age37.1This ZIP37.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$114,156This ZIP$114,156Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$380,800This ZIP$380,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,703This ZIP$1,703Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher53.6%This ZIP53.6%
Mean commute26.5 minThis ZIP26.5 min
Population density1,921.4 / sq miThis ZIP1,921.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments544This ZIP544
Employees9,381This ZIP9,381
Annual payroll$716,702,000This ZIP$716,702,000
Tax returns filed14,330This ZIP14,330
Total adjusted gross income$1,494,213,000This ZIP$1,494,213,000

Land area

Land area15.52 sq miThis ZIP15.52 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 78259

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

ZIP codes near 78259

ZIPCityDistance
78247 San Antonio, TX 3.1 mi
78232 San Antonio, TX 4.1 mi
78258 San Antonio, TX 4.1 mi
78261 San Antonio, TX 4.6 mi
78266 San Antonio, TX 5.3 mi
78217 San Antonio, TX 5.9 mi
78233 San Antonio, TX 5.9 mi
78260 San Antonio, TX 6.6 mi
78248 San Antonio, TX 6.7 mi
78216 San Antonio, TX 7.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78259?

78259 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6252, -98.4219.

What county is 78259 in?

78259 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78259?

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

What time zone is 78259 in?

78259 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78259?

About 29,826 people live in ZIP code 78259, in 11,263 households, at 1,921.4 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 78259?

$114,156 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78259?

The closest are 78247 (3.1 mi), 78232 (4.1 mi), 78258 (4.1 mi), 78261 (4.6 mi) and 78266 (5.3 mi).

Is 78259 a PO Box ZIP code?

78259 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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