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78569

ZIP 78569 is Lyford, Texas, mostly in Willacy County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Willacy +2 more
Metro area
Raymondville, TX
Population
4,342
Coordinates
26.3789, -97.7468
☼ Live from 78569 — Lyford, TX

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Where 78569 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78569
  • 🔢 Type 78569 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GgSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 78569 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78568 (Lozano, TX, 18 mi away) and 78570 (Mercedes, TX, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78569 becomes 96587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (58769, 59867, 65789, 65897, 67859, 68759, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96857 in Schofield Barracks, HI, 3,790 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 76%.
  • 🎯931 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78569 and you would come out at 26.38°S, 82.25°E — 1,364 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 152.8 square miles of land, 78569 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 116 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,342This ZIP4,342
Households1,283This ZIP1,283
Housing units1,484This ZIP1,484
Median age39.9This ZIP39.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$58,950This ZIP$58,950Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$117,000This ZIP$117,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$911This ZIP$911Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.5%This ZIP16.5%
Mean commute29.7 minThis ZIP29.7 min
Population density28.4 / sq miThis ZIP28.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees162This ZIP162
Annual payroll$7,956,000This ZIP$7,956,000
Tax returns filed1,720This ZIP1,720
Total adjusted gross income$82,537,000This ZIP$82,537,000

Land area

Land area152.77 sq miThis ZIP152.77 sq mi
Water area1.05 sq miThis ZIP1.05 sq mi

Counties 78569 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Willacy County 79.6%
Hidalgo County 14.8%
Cameron County 5.7%

Other place names in 78569

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ZIP codes near 78569

ZIPCityDistance
78594 Sebastian, TX 4.3 mi
78580 Raymondville, TX 8.4 mi
78593 Santa Rosa, TX 8.6 mi
78535 Combes, TX 9.0 mi
78551 Harlingen, TX 9.4 mi
78550 Harlingen, TX 9.9 mi
78590 San Perlita, TX 11.0 mi
78562 La Villa, TX 11.1 mi
78561 Lasara, TX 12.2 mi
78552 Harlingen, TX 12.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78569?

78569 is in Lyford, Texas, in Willacy County, part of the Raymondville, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.3789, -97.7468.

What county is 78569 in?

78569 spans 3 counties: Willacy County, Hidalgo County and Cameron County. Most of it falls in Willacy County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 78569?

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

What time zone is 78569 in?

78569 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78569?

About 4,342 people live in ZIP code 78569, in 1,283 households, at 28.4 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 78569?

$58,950 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78569?

The closest are 78594 (4.3 mi), 78580 (8.4 mi), 78593 (8.6 mi), 78535 (9 mi) and 78551 (9.4 mi).

Is 78569 a PO Box ZIP code?

78569 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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