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78373

ZIP 78373 is Port Aransas, Texas, in Nueces County; area code 361; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Nueces
Metro area
Corpus Christi, TX
Population
3,348
Coordinates
27.7763, -97.1304
☼ Live from 78373 — Port Aransas, TX

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Where 78373 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78373
  • 🔢 Type 78373 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELEBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,373 = 181 × 433. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001000100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78372 (Orange Grove, TX, 61 mi away) and 78374 (Portland, TX, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78373 becomes 37387 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tracy City, TN, 847 miles away.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33778, 33877, 37378, 37387, 37738, 37873, …). The farthest-flung twin is 37873 in Surgoinsville, TN, 1,030 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 74%.
  • 🎯837 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78373 and you would come out at 27.78°S, 82.87°E — 1,406 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 23m.
  • 📏 At 18.9 square miles of land, 78373 is bigger than 36% of ZIP codes — room for about 14 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,348This ZIP3,348
Households1,535This ZIP1,535
Housing units5,776This ZIP5,776
Median age52.8This ZIP52.8Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$91,106This ZIP$91,106Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$599,400This ZIP$599,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,294This ZIP$2,294Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher37.0%This ZIP37.0%
Mean commute17.5 minThis ZIP17.5 min
Population density177.2 / sq miThis ZIP177.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments273This ZIP273
Employees2,815This ZIP2,815
Annual payroll$99,573,000This ZIP$99,573,000
Tax returns filed1,900This ZIP1,900
Total adjusted gross income$322,316,000This ZIP$322,316,000

Land area

Land area18.89 sq miThis ZIP18.89 sq mi
Water area23.58 sq miThis ZIP23.58 sq mi

Other place names in 78373

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ZIP codes near 78373

ZIPCityDistance
78362 Ingleside, TX 6.7 mi
78335 Aransas Pass, TX 10.1 mi
78419 Corpus Christi, TX 10.1 mi
78336 Aransas Pass, TX 10.8 mi
78374 Portland, TX 12.8 mi
78412 Corpus Christi, TX 14.1 mi
78359 Gregory, TX 14.9 mi
78411 Corpus Christi, TX 15.9 mi
78427 Corpus Christi, TX 16.3 mi
78460 Corpus Christi, TX 16.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78373?

78373 is in Port Aransas, Texas, in Nueces County, part of the Corpus Christi, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 27.7763, -97.1304.

What county is 78373 in?

78373 lies in Nueces County.

What area code is 78373?

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

What time zone is 78373 in?

78373 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78373?

About 3,348 people live in ZIP code 78373, in 1,535 households, at 177.2 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 78373?

$91,106 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78373?

The closest are 78362 (6.7 mi), 78335 (10.1 mi), 78419 (10.1 mi), 78336 (10.8 mi) and 78374 (12.8 mi).

Is 78373 a PO Box ZIP code?

78373 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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