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78570

ZIP 78570 is Mercedes, Texas, in Hidalgo County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hidalgo
Population
34,348
Coordinates
26.1715, -97.9110
☼ Live from 78570 — Mercedes, TX

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Where 78570 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78570
  • 🔢 Type 78570 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,570 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 97. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78569 (Lyford, TX, 18 mi away) and 78572 (Mission, TX, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78570 becomes 07587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05778, 07758, 07857, 07875, 08757, 57078, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05778 in Whiting, VT, 1,844 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯944 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78570 and you would come out at 26.17°S, 82.09°E — 1,362 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 75.2 square miles of land, 78570 is bigger than 71% of ZIP codes — room for about 57 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population34,348This ZIP34,348
Households9,161This ZIP9,161
Housing units10,699This ZIP10,699
Median age27.9This ZIP27.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$41,965This ZIP$41,965Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$86,500This ZIP$86,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$803This ZIP$803Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.4%This ZIP11.4%
Mean commute20.7 minThis ZIP20.7 min
Population density456.5 / sq miThis ZIP456.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments312This ZIP312
Employees5,003This ZIP5,003
Annual payroll$259,159,000This ZIP$259,159,000
Tax returns filed13,460This ZIP13,460
Total adjusted gross income$482,305,000This ZIP$482,305,000

Land area

Land area75.24 sq miThis ZIP75.24 sq mi
Water area1.02 sq miThis ZIP1.02 sq mi

Other place names in 78570

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

ZIP codes near 78570

ZIPCityDistance
78559 La Feria, TX 5.6 mi
78599 Weslaco, TX 5.7 mi
78579 Progreso, TX 6.1 mi
78596 Weslaco, TX 7.5 mi
78562 La Villa, TX 7.9 mi
78592 Santa Maria, TX 8.5 mi
78593 Santa Rosa, TX 9.0 mi
78537 Donna, TX 9.1 mi
78552 Harlingen, TX 10.1 mi
78543 Elsa, TX 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78570?

78570 is in Mercedes, Texas, in Hidalgo County, part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.1715, -97.9110.

What county is 78570 in?

78570 lies in Hidalgo County.

What area code is 78570?

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

What time zone is 78570 in?

78570 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78570?

About 34,348 people live in ZIP code 78570, in 9,161 households, at 456.5 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 78570?

$41,965 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78570?

The closest are 78559 (5.6 mi), 78599 (5.7 mi), 78579 (6.1 mi), 78596 (7.5 mi) and 78562 (7.9 mi).

Is 78570 a PO Box ZIP code?

78570 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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