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78501

ZIP 78501 is in Mcallen, Texas, in Hidalgo County; area code 956; Central time. Mcallen has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 78502, 78503, 78504 and 78505.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hidalgo
Population
58,935
Coordinates
26.2158, -98.2396
☼ Live from 78501 — Mcallen, TX

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Where 78501 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78501
  • 🔢 Type 78501 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,501 = 3 × 137 × 191. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001010100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78480 (Corpus Christi, TX, 118 mi away) and 78502 (Mcallen, TX, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78501 becomes 10587 — and that is a real ZIP code: Shenorock, NY, 1,742 miles away.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05871, 07851, 08751, 10578, 10587, 15078, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05871 in West Burke, VT, 1,938 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯941 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78501 and you would come out at 26.22°S, 81.76°E — 1,379 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 30m.
  • 📏 At 15.5 square miles of land, 78501 is bigger than 33% of ZIP codes — room for about 12 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population58,935This ZIP58,935
Households21,734This ZIP21,734
Housing units25,121This ZIP25,121
Median age36.0This ZIP36.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$48,071This ZIP$48,071Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$161,000This ZIP$161,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$969This ZIP$969Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.2%This ZIP28.2%
Mean commute19.9 minThis ZIP19.9 min
Population density3,792.5 / sq miThis ZIP3,792.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments2,164This ZIP2,164
Employees32,569This ZIP32,569
Annual payroll$1,161,519,000This ZIP$1,161,519,000
Tax returns filed23,910This ZIP23,910
Total adjusted gross income$1,282,425,000This ZIP$1,282,425,000

Land area

Land area15.54 sq miThis ZIP15.54 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 78501

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

ZIP codes near 78501

ZIPCityDistance
78505 Mcallen, TX 1.0 mi
78503 Mcallen, TX 3.7 mi
78502 Mcallen, TX 3.8 mi
78504 Mcallen, TX 4.3 mi
78577 Pharr, TX 4.6 mi
78539 Edinburg, TX 5.7 mi
78589 San Juan, TX 6.7 mi
78573 Mission, TX 6.7 mi
78572 Mission, TX 7.4 mi
78557 Hidalgo, TX 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78501?

78501 is in Mcallen, Texas, in Hidalgo County, part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.2158, -98.2396.

What county is 78501 in?

78501 lies in Hidalgo County.

What area code is 78501?

Mcallen uses area code 956, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78501 in?

78501 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78501?

About 58,935 people live in ZIP code 78501, in 21,734 households, at 3,792.5 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 78501?

$48,071 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78501?

The closest are 78505 (1 mi), 78503 (3.7 mi), 78502 (3.8 mi), 78504 (4.3 mi) and 78577 (4.6 mi).

Is 78501 a PO Box ZIP code?

78501 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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