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78535

ZIP 78535 is Combes, Texas, in Cameron County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cameron
Population
425
Coordinates
26.2496, -97.7313
☼ Live from 78535 — Combes, TX

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Where 78535 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78535
  • 🔢 Type 78535 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SESBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,535 = 5 × 113 × 139. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78526 (Brownsville, TX, 25 mi away) and 78536 (Delmita, TX, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78535 becomes 53587 — and that is a real ZIP code: South Wayne, WI, 1,212 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35578, 35587, 35758, 38557, 38575, 53578, …). The farthest-flung twin is 58735 in Douglas, ND, 1,509 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 76%.
  • 🎯939 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78535 and you would come out at 26.25°S, 82.27°E — 1,358 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 0.417 square miles of land, 78535 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 202 football fields.
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People and housing

Population425This ZIP425
Households204This ZIP204
Housing units222This ZIP222
Median age53.4This ZIP53.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$39,000This ZIP$39,000Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$107,300This ZIP$107,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$778This ZIP$778Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.0%This ZIP14.0%
Mean commute20.3 minThis ZIP20.3 min
Population density1,019.2 / sq miThis ZIP1,019.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees93This ZIP93
Annual payroll$3,011,000This ZIP$3,011,000

Land area

Land area0.42 sq miThis ZIP0.42 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 78535

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ZIP codes near 78535

ZIPCityDistance
78551 Harlingen, TX 0.7 mi
78552 Harlingen, TX 4.0 mi
78550 Harlingen, TX 4.2 mi
78553 Harlingen, TX 4.6 mi
78593 Santa Rosa, TX 6.0 mi
78594 Sebastian, TX 8.1 mi
78569 Lyford, TX 9.0 mi
78559 La Feria, TX 9.3 mi
78562 La Villa, TX 10.2 mi
78586 San Benito, TX 11.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78535?

78535 is in Combes, Texas, in Cameron County, part of the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.2496, -97.7313.

What county is 78535 in?

78535 lies in Cameron County.

What area code is 78535?

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

What time zone is 78535 in?

78535 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78535?

About 425 people live in ZIP code 78535, in 204 households, at 1,019.2 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 78535?

$39,000 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78535?

The closest are 78551 (0.7 mi), 78552 (4 mi), 78550 (4.2 mi), 78553 (4.6 mi) and 78593 (6 mi).

Is 78535 a PO Box ZIP code?

78535 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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