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78560

ZIP 78560 is La Joya, Texas, in Hidalgo County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hidalgo
Population
4,635
Coordinates
26.2653, -98.4858
☼ Live from 78560 — La Joya, TX

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Where 78560 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78560
  • 🔢 Type 78560 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,560 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 491. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78559 (La Feria, TX, 42 mi away) and 78561 (Lasara, TX, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78560 becomes 06587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05678, 05768, 05867, 06758, 06785, 06857, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05867 in Sutton, VT, 1,942 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯937 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78560 and you would come out at 26.27°S, 81.51°E — 1,393 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 14.2 square miles of land, 78560 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,635This ZIP4,635
Households1,467This ZIP1,467
Housing units1,826This ZIP1,826
Median age32.2This ZIP32.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$55,721This ZIP$55,721Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$111,600This ZIP$111,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$879This ZIP$879Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.8%This ZIP18.8%
Mean commute18.7 minThis ZIP18.7 min
Population density325.3 / sq miThis ZIP325.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments56This ZIP56
Employees563This ZIP563
Annual payroll$14,427,000This ZIP$14,427,000
Tax returns filed2,140This ZIP2,140
Total adjusted gross income$92,059,000This ZIP$92,059,000

Land area

Land area14.25 sq miThis ZIP14.25 sq mi
Water area0.89 sq miThis ZIP0.89 sq mi

Other place names in 78560

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

ZIP codes near 78560

ZIPCityDistance
78576 Penitas, TX 3.8 mi
78595 Sullivan City, TX 4.8 mi
78565 Los Ebanos, TX 4.9 mi
78574 Mission, TX 7.7 mi
78572 Mission, TX 9.1 mi
78548 Grulla, TX 10.5 mi
78573 Mission, TX 11.7 mi
78547 Garciasville, TX 13.3 mi
78504 Mcallen, TX 15.4 mi
78501 Mcallen, TX 15.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78560?

78560 is in La Joya, Texas, in Hidalgo County, part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.2653, -98.4858.

What county is 78560 in?

78560 lies in Hidalgo County.

What area code is 78560?

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

What time zone is 78560 in?

78560 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78560?

About 4,635 people live in ZIP code 78560, in 1,467 households, at 325.3 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 78560?

$55,721 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78560?

The closest are 78576 (3.8 mi), 78595 (4.8 mi), 78565 (4.9 mi), 78574 (7.7 mi) and 78572 (9.1 mi).

Is 78560 a PO Box ZIP code?

78560 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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