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78261

ZIP 78261 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
26,657
Coordinates
29.6896, -98.4024
☼ Live from 78261 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78261 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78261
  • 🔢 Type 78261 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,261 = 3 × 19 × 1373. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78260 (San Antonio, TX, 5 mi away) and 78263 (San Antonio, TX, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78261 becomes 16287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12768, 12786, 16728, 16827, 16872, 17268, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12768 in Parksville, NY, 1,563 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯701 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78261 and you would come out at 29.69°S, 81.60°E — 1,484 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 29.1 square miles of land, 78261 is bigger than 45% of ZIP codes — room for about 22 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,657This ZIP26,657
Households9,098This ZIP9,098
Housing units9,483This ZIP9,483
Median age36.4This ZIP36.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$147,727This ZIP$147,727Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$430,200This ZIP$430,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,799This ZIP$1,799Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher59.5%This ZIP59.5%
Mean commute30.7 minThis ZIP30.7 min
Population density915.2 / sq miThis ZIP915.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments290This ZIP290
Employees2,548This ZIP2,548
Annual payroll$137,607,000This ZIP$137,607,000
Tax returns filed13,410This ZIP13,410
Total adjusted gross income$1,791,048,000This ZIP$1,791,048,000

Land area

Land area29.13 sq miThis ZIP29.13 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 78261

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ZIP codes near 78261

ZIPCityDistance
78259 San Antonio, TX 4.6 mi
78266 San Antonio, TX 4.7 mi
78260 San Antonio, TX 5.5 mi
78163 Bulverde, TX 5.9 mi
78258 San Antonio, TX 6.5 mi
78247 San Antonio, TX 7.5 mi
78232 San Antonio, TX 8.2 mi
78233 San Antonio, TX 9.6 mi
78248 San Antonio, TX 10.1 mi
78217 San Antonio, TX 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78261?

78261 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6896, -98.4024.

What county is 78261 in?

78261 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78261?

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

What time zone is 78261 in?

78261 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78261?

About 26,657 people live in ZIP code 78261, in 9,098 households, at 915.2 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 78261?

$147,727 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78261?

The closest are 78259 (4.6 mi), 78266 (4.7 mi), 78260 (5.5 mi), 78163 (5.9 mi) and 78258 (6.5 mi).

Is 78261 a PO Box ZIP code?

78261 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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