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78538

ZIP 78538 is Edcouch, Texas, in Hidalgo County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hidalgo
Population
11,982
Coordinates
26.3672, -97.9740
☼ Live from 78538 — Edcouch, TX

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Where 78538 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78538
  • 🔢 Type 78538 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BESBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,538 = 2 × 107 × 367. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78537 (Donna, TX, 14 mi away) and 78539 (Edinburg, TX, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78538 becomes 83587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37885, 38578, 38587, 38857, 38875, 53788, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83857 in Princeton, ID, 1,751 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯931 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78538 and you would come out at 26.37°S, 82.03°E — 1,374 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 29m.
  • 📏 At 67.0 square miles of land, 78538 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 51 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,982This ZIP11,982
Households3,556This ZIP3,556
Housing units3,934This ZIP3,934
Median age32.6This ZIP32.6Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$40,399This ZIP$40,399Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$92,100This ZIP$92,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$556This ZIP$556Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.0%This ZIP12.0%
Mean commute23.2 minThis ZIP23.2 min
Population density178.7 / sq miThis ZIP178.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments59This ZIP59
Employees525This ZIP525
Annual payroll$18,554,000This ZIP$18,554,000
Tax returns filed5,220This ZIP5,220
Total adjusted gross income$187,943,000This ZIP$187,943,000

Land area

Land area67.05 sq miThis ZIP67.05 sq mi
Water area3.75 sq miThis ZIP3.75 sq mi

Other place names in 78538

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ZIP codes near 78538

ZIPCityDistance
78543 Elsa, TX 5.0 mi
78558 La Blanca, TX 6.0 mi
78562 La Villa, TX 7.7 mi
78561 Lasara, TX 7.9 mi
78542 Edinburg, TX 8.5 mi
78549 Hargill, TX 9.1 mi
78599 Weslaco, TX 10.4 mi
78594 Sebastian, TX 10.5 mi
78593 Santa Rosa, TX 11.3 mi
78540 Edinburg, TX 12.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78538?

78538 is in Edcouch, Texas, in Hidalgo County, part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.3672, -97.9740.

What county is 78538 in?

78538 lies in Hidalgo County.

What area code is 78538?

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

What time zone is 78538 in?

78538 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78538?

About 11,982 people live in ZIP code 78538, in 3,556 households, at 178.7 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 78538?

$40,399 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78538?

The closest are 78543 (5 mi), 78558 (6 mi), 78562 (7.7 mi), 78561 (7.9 mi) and 78542 (8.5 mi).

Is 78538 a PO Box ZIP code?

78538 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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