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78558

ZIP 78558 is La Blanca, Texas, in Hidalgo County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hidalgo
Population
722
Coordinates
26.2927, -98.0237
☼ Live from 78558 — La Blanca, TX

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Where 78558 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78558
  • 🔢 Type 78558 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BSSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,558 = 2 × 3 × 13093. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78557 (Hidalgo, TX, 19 mi away) and 78559 (La Feria, TX, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78558 becomes 85587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (58758, 58785, 75858, 78585, 87558, 88557, …). The farthest-flung twin is 58785 in Surrey, ND, 1,530 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 78558 and you would come out at 26.29°S, 81.98°E — 1,373 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 0.771 square miles of land, 78558 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 373 football fields.
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People and housing

Population722This ZIP722
Households151This ZIP151
Housing units165This ZIP165
Median age32.0This ZIP32.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$57,969This ZIP$57,969Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$53,500This ZIP$53,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher16.4%This ZIP16.4%
Mean commute20.8 minThis ZIP20.8 min
Population density936.4 / sq miThis ZIP936.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees44This ZIP44
Annual payroll$1,002,000This ZIP$1,002,000

Land area

Land area0.77 sq miThis ZIP0.77 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 78558

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

ZIP codes near 78558

ZIPCityDistance
78543 Elsa, TX 1.3 mi
78599 Weslaco, TX 5.7 mi
78538 Edcouch, TX 6.0 mi
78562 La Villa, TX 8.2 mi
78537 Donna, TX 8.5 mi
78539 Edinburg, TX 9.9 mi
78542 Edinburg, TX 10.5 mi
78570 Mercedes, TX 10.9 mi
78502 Mcallen, TX 11.1 mi
78516 Alamo, TX 11.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78558?

78558 is in La Blanca, Texas, in Hidalgo County, part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.2927, -98.0237.

What county is 78558 in?

78558 lies in Hidalgo County.

What area code is 78558?

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

What time zone is 78558 in?

78558 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78558?

About 722 people live in ZIP code 78558, in 151 households, at 936.4 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 78558?

$57,969 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78558?

The closest are 78543 (1.3 mi), 78599 (5.7 mi), 78538 (6 mi), 78562 (8.2 mi) and 78537 (8.5 mi).

Is 78558 a PO Box ZIP code?

78558 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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