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78387

ZIP 78387 is Sinton, Texas, mostly in San Patricio County; area code 361; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
San Patricio +1 more
Metro area
Corpus Christi, TX
Population
9,640
Coordinates
28.0810, -97.5489
☼ Live from 78387 — Sinton, TX

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Where 78387 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78387
  • 🔢 Type 78387 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBEBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆78387 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,387 = 3 × 17 × 29 × 53. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001000110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78385 (Sarita, TX, 69 mi away) and 78389 (Skidmore, TX, 13 mi away).
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37878, 37887, 38778, 38877, 77388, 77838, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83877 in Post Falls, ID, 1,710 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 76%.
  • 🎯814 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78387 and you would come out at 28.08°S, 82.45°E — 1,439 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 21m.
  • 📏 At 172.2 square miles of land, 78387 is bigger than 89% of ZIP codes — room for about 131 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,640This ZIP9,640
Households3,199This ZIP3,199
Housing units3,799This ZIP3,799
Median age36.1This ZIP36.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$53,048This ZIP$53,048Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$166,300This ZIP$166,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$959This ZIP$959Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.3%This ZIP12.3%
Mean commute25.9 minThis ZIP25.9 min
Population density56.0 / sq miThis ZIP56.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments165This ZIP165
Employees2,486This ZIP2,486
Annual payroll$195,026,000This ZIP$195,026,000
Tax returns filed4,160This ZIP4,160
Total adjusted gross income$241,505,000This ZIP$241,505,000

Land area

Land area172.16 sq miThis ZIP172.16 sq mi
Water area0.42 sq miThis ZIP0.42 sq mi

Counties 78387 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
San Patricio County 79.1%
Bee County 20.9%

Other place names in 78387

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

ZIP codes near 78387

ZIPCityDistance
78370 Odem, TX 10.6 mi
78352 Edroy, TX 11.0 mi
78391 Tynan, TX 11.9 mi
78389 Skidmore, TX 13.0 mi
78390 Taft, TX 13.1 mi
78393 Woodsboro, TX 13.9 mi
78368 Mathis, TX 15.6 mi
78410 Corpus Christi, TX 17.0 mi
78402 Corpus Christi, TX 17.2 mi
78409 Corpus Christi, TX 17.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78387?

78387 is in Sinton, Texas, in San Patricio County, part of the Corpus Christi, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 28.0810, -97.5489.

What county is 78387 in?

78387 spans 2 counties: San Patricio County and Bee County. Most of it falls in San Patricio County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 78387?

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

What time zone is 78387 in?

78387 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78387?

About 9,640 people live in ZIP code 78387, in 3,199 households, at 56.0 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 78387?

$53,048 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78387?

The closest are 78370 (10.6 mi), 78352 (11 mi), 78391 (11.9 mi), 78389 (13 mi) and 78390 (13.1 mi).

Is 78387 a PO Box ZIP code?

78387 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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