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78559

ZIP 78559 is La Feria, Texas, in Cameron County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cameron
Population
12,169
Coordinates
26.1457, -97.8257
☼ Live from 78559 — La Feria, TX

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Where 78559 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78559
  • 🔢 Type 78559 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,559 = 13 × 6043. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78558 (La Blanca, TX, 16 mi away) and 78560 (La Joya, TX, 42 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78559 becomes 95587 — and that is a real ZIP code: Piercy, CA, 1,769 miles away.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (55798, 55987, 58579, 58759, 58795, 59758, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98575 in Quinault, WA, 2,039 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯946 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78559 and you would come out at 26.15°S, 82.17°E — 1,357 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 36.3 square miles of land, 78559 is bigger than 51% of ZIP codes — room for about 28 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,169This ZIP12,169
Households4,275This ZIP4,275
Housing units5,321This ZIP5,321
Median age37.2This ZIP37.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$49,383This ZIP$49,383Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$103,800This ZIP$103,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,038This ZIP$1,038Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.5%This ZIP13.5%
Mean commute23.8 minThis ZIP23.8 min
Population density335.1 / sq miThis ZIP335.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments156This ZIP156
Employees2,443This ZIP2,443
Annual payroll$91,542,000This ZIP$91,542,000
Tax returns filed5,300This ZIP5,300
Total adjusted gross income$250,919,000This ZIP$250,919,000

Land area

Land area36.31 sq miThis ZIP36.31 sq mi
Water area0.93 sq miThis ZIP0.93 sq mi

Other place names in 78559

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ZIP codes near 78559

ZIPCityDistance
78570 Mercedes, TX 5.6 mi
78552 Harlingen, TX 5.7 mi
78592 Santa Maria, TX 5.9 mi
78579 Progreso, TX 8.4 mi
78553 Harlingen, TX 8.6 mi
78567 Los Indios, TX 8.9 mi
78593 Santa Rosa, TX 9.0 mi
78535 Combes, TX 9.3 mi
78551 Harlingen, TX 9.4 mi
78562 La Villa, TX 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78559?

78559 is in La Feria, Texas, in Cameron County, part of the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.1457, -97.8257.

What county is 78559 in?

78559 lies in Cameron County.

What area code is 78559?

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

What time zone is 78559 in?

78559 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78559?

About 12,169 people live in ZIP code 78559, in 4,275 households, at 335.1 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 78559?

$49,383 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78559?

The closest are 78570 (5.6 mi), 78552 (5.7 mi), 78592 (5.9 mi), 78579 (8.4 mi) and 78553 (8.6 mi).

Is 78559 a PO Box ZIP code?

78559 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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