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78504

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hidalgo
Population
63,094
Coordinates
26.2776, -98.2373
☼ Live from 78504 — Mcallen, TX

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Where 78504 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78504
  • 🔢 Type 78504 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,504 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3271. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001010101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78503 (Mcallen, TX, 8 mi away) and 78505 (Mcallen, TX, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78504 becomes 40587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04578, 04758, 04785, 05478, 05487, 05748, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04785 in Van Buren, ME, 2,183 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯936 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78504 and you would come out at 26.28°S, 81.76°E — 1,382 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 29m.
  • 📏 At 19.6 square miles of land, 78504 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population63,094This ZIP63,094
Households19,697This ZIP19,697
Housing units21,741This ZIP21,741
Median age32.5This ZIP32.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$81,905This ZIP$81,905Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$218,900This ZIP$218,900Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,173This ZIP$1,173Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.5%This ZIP39.5%
Mean commute24.0 minThis ZIP24.0 min
Population density3,214.3 / sq miThis ZIP3,214.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,600This ZIP1,600
Employees22,324This ZIP22,324
Annual payroll$770,606,000This ZIP$770,606,000
Tax returns filed25,120This ZIP25,120
Total adjusted gross income$2,050,639,000This ZIP$2,050,639,000

Land area

Land area19.63 sq miThis ZIP19.63 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 78504

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

ZIP codes near 78504

ZIPCityDistance
78502 Mcallen, TX 2.8 mi
78539 Edinburg, TX 3.4 mi
78573 Mission, TX 4.1 mi
78501 Mcallen, TX 4.3 mi
78505 Mcallen, TX 5.1 mi
78503 Mcallen, TX 8.0 mi
78577 Pharr, TX 8.3 mi
78574 Mission, TX 8.7 mi
78572 Mission, TX 9.1 mi
78589 San Juan, TX 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78504?

78504 is in Mcallen, Texas, in Hidalgo County, part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.2776, -98.2373.

What county is 78504 in?

78504 lies in Hidalgo County.

What area code is 78504?

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

What time zone is 78504 in?

78504 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78504?

About 63,094 people live in ZIP code 78504, in 19,697 households, at 3,214.3 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 78504?

$81,905 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78504?

The closest are 78502 (2.8 mi), 78539 (3.4 mi), 78573 (4.1 mi), 78501 (4.3 mi) and 78505 (5.1 mi).

Is 78504 a PO Box ZIP code?

78504 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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