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78549

ZIP 78549 is Hargill, Texas, in Hidalgo County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hidalgo
Population
609
Coordinates
26.4893, -98.0297
☼ Live from 78549 — Hargill, TX

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Where 78549 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78549
  • 🔢 Type 78549 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,549 = 3 × 26183. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78548 (Grulla, TX, 41 mi away) and 78550 (Harlingen, TX, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78549 becomes 94587 — and that is a real ZIP code: Union City, CA, 1,597 miles away.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45789, 45879, 45897, 47598, 47859, 47958, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98547 in Grayland, WA, 1,994 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯922 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78549 and you would come out at 26.49°S, 81.97°E — 1,382 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 28m.
  • 📏 At 25.9 square miles of land, 78549 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population609This ZIP609
Households266This ZIP266
Housing units307This ZIP307
Median age59.1This ZIP59.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$19,222This ZIP$19,222Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$75,400This ZIP$75,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher14.2%This ZIP14.2%
Mean commute29.4 minThis ZIP29.4 min
Population density23.5 / sq miThis ZIP23.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees36This ZIP36
Annual payroll$493,000This ZIP$493,000

Land area

Land area25.86 sq miThis ZIP25.86 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Other place names in 78549

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

ZIP codes near 78549

ZIPCityDistance
78540 Edinburg, TX 4.8 mi
78542 Edinburg, TX 5.4 mi
78561 Lasara, TX 7.2 mi
78538 Edcouch, TX 9.1 mi
78543 Elsa, TX 13.1 mi
78558 La Blanca, TX 13.6 mi
78541 Edinburg, TX 15.5 mi
78562 La Villa, TX 16.6 mi
78594 Sebastian, TX 17.0 mi
78539 Edinburg, TX 17.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78549?

78549 is in Hargill, Texas, in Hidalgo County, part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.4893, -98.0297.

What county is 78549 in?

78549 lies in Hidalgo County.

What area code is 78549?

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

What time zone is 78549 in?

78549 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78549?

About 609 people live in ZIP code 78549, in 266 households, at 23.5 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 78549?

$19,222 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78549?

The closest are 78540 (4.8 mi), 78542 (5.4 mi), 78561 (7.2 mi), 78538 (9.1 mi) and 78543 (13.1 mi).

Is 78549 a PO Box ZIP code?

78549 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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