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78263

ZIP 78263 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
4,253
Coordinates
29.3289, -98.3129
☼ Live from 78263 — San Antonio, TX

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Where 78263 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78263
  • 🔢 Type 78263 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EgZBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,263 = 61 × 1283. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011000110110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78261 (San Antonio, TX, 25 mi away) and 78264 (San Antonio, TX, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78263 becomes 36287, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23867, 23876, 26378, 27836, 27863, 28367, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83672 in Weiser, ID, 1,457 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯726 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78263 and you would come out at 29.33°S, 81.69°E — 1,509 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 16m.
  • 📏 At 38.2 square miles of land, 78263 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,253This ZIP4,253
Households1,676This ZIP1,676
Housing units1,782This ZIP1,782
Median age51.0This ZIP51.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$80,156This ZIP$80,156Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$331,900This ZIP$331,900Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,370This ZIP$1,370Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.3%This ZIP27.3%
Mean commute28.9 minThis ZIP28.9 min
Population density111.3 / sq miThis ZIP111.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments131This ZIP131
Employees2,247This ZIP2,247
Annual payroll$126,427,000This ZIP$126,427,000
Tax returns filed2,500This ZIP2,500
Total adjusted gross income$230,284,000This ZIP$230,284,000

Land area

Land area38.20 sq miThis ZIP38.20 sq mi
Water area5.69 sq miThis ZIP5.69 sq mi

Other place names in 78263

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

ZIP codes near 78263

ZIPCityDistance
78223 San Antonio, TX 4.7 mi
78222 San Antonio, TX 4.8 mi
78101 Adkins, TX 4.8 mi
78235 San Antonio, TX 7.7 mi
78220 San Antonio, TX 7.7 mi
78219 San Antonio, TX 8.8 mi
78152 Saint Hedwig, TX 9.5 mi
78214 San Antonio, TX 10.0 mi
78210 San Antonio, TX 10.2 mi
78109 Converse, TX 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78263?

78263 is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.3289, -98.3129.

What county is 78263 in?

78263 lies in Bexar County.

What area code is 78263?

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

What time zone is 78263 in?

78263 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78263?

About 4,253 people live in ZIP code 78263, in 1,676 households, at 111.3 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 78263?

$80,156 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78263?

The closest are 78223 (4.7 mi), 78222 (4.8 mi), 78101 (4.8 mi), 78235 (7.7 mi) and 78220 (7.7 mi).

Is 78263 a PO Box ZIP code?

78263 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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