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78343

ZIP 78343 is Bishop, Texas, in Nueces County; area code 361; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Nueces
Metro area
Corpus Christi, TX
Population
4,345
Coordinates
27.6260, -97.7662
☼ Live from 78343 — Bishop, TX

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Where 78343 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78343
  • 🔢 Type 78343 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhEBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,343 = 157 × 499. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001000000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78342 (Ben Bolt, TX, 19 mi away) and 78344 (Bruni, TX, 67 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78343 becomes 34387, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33478, 33487, 33784, 33847, 37348, 37384, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83347 in Paul, ID, 1,373 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 76%.
  • 🎯844 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78343 and you would come out at 27.63°S, 82.23°E — 1,426 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 23m.
  • 📏 At 142.9 square miles of land, 78343 is bigger than 85% of ZIP codes — room for about 108 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,345This ZIP4,345
Households1,528This ZIP1,528
Housing units1,917This ZIP1,917
Median age40.5This ZIP40.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$65,467This ZIP$65,467Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$112,200This ZIP$112,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$924This ZIP$924Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.9%This ZIP21.9%
Mean commute28.8 minThis ZIP28.8 min
Population density30.4 / sq miThis ZIP30.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments38This ZIP38
Employees634This ZIP634
Annual payroll$59,179,000This ZIP$59,179,000
Tax returns filed1,880This ZIP1,880
Total adjusted gross income$106,091,000This ZIP$106,091,000

Land area

Land area142.90 sq miThis ZIP142.90 sq mi
Water area0.44 sq miThis ZIP0.44 sq mi

Other place names in 78343

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

ZIP codes near 78343

ZIPCityDistance
78351 Driscoll, TX 3.0 mi
78364 Kingsville, TX 9.4 mi
78380 Robstown, TX 10.5 mi
78339 Banquete, TX 12.2 mi
78330 Agua Dulce, TX 13.3 mi
78472 Corpus Christi, TX 13.9 mi
78363 Kingsville, TX 14.1 mi
78415 Corpus Christi, TX 16.7 mi
78347 Chapman Ranch, TX 17.5 mi
78410 Corpus Christi, TX 18.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78343?

78343 is in Bishop, Texas, in Nueces County, part of the Corpus Christi, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 27.6260, -97.7662.

What county is 78343 in?

78343 lies in Nueces County.

What area code is 78343?

Bishop uses area code 361, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78343 in?

78343 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78343?

About 4,345 people live in ZIP code 78343, in 1,528 households, at 30.4 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 78343?

$65,467 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78343?

The closest are 78351 (3 mi), 78364 (9.4 mi), 78380 (10.5 mi), 78339 (12.2 mi) and 78330 (13.3 mi).

Is 78343 a PO Box ZIP code?

78343 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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