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78575

ZIP 78575 is Olmito, Texas, in Cameron County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cameron
Population
4,575
Coordinates
26.0333, -97.5502
☼ Live from 78575 — Olmito, TX

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Where 78575 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78575
  • 🔢 Type 78575 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SLSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,575 = 5 × 5 × 7 × 449. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78574 (Mission, TX, 55 mi away) and 78576 (Penitas, TX, 60 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78575 becomes 57587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (55787, 57758, 57785, 58577, 58757, 58775, …). The farthest-flung twin is 58757 in Mandaree, ND, 1,521 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 76%.
  • 🎯955 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78575 and you would come out at 26.03°S, 82.45°E — 1,339 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 30m.
  • 📏 At 8.3 square miles of land, 78575 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,575This ZIP4,575
Households1,620This ZIP1,620
Housing units1,924This ZIP1,924
Median age38.2This ZIP38.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$71,765This ZIP$71,765Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$249,500This ZIP$249,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,085This ZIP$1,085Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher44.2%This ZIP44.2%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density548.7 / sq miThis ZIP548.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments92This ZIP92
Employees806This ZIP806
Annual payroll$27,030,000This ZIP$27,030,000
Tax returns filed2,600This ZIP2,600
Total adjusted gross income$226,598,000This ZIP$226,598,000

Land area

Land area8.34 sq miThis ZIP8.34 sq mi
Water area0.62 sq miThis ZIP0.62 sq mi

Other place names in 78575

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ZIP codes near 78575

ZIPCityDistance
78523 Brownsville, TX 4.0 mi
78520 Brownsville, TX 5.0 mi
78526 Brownsville, TX 6.7 mi
78586 San Benito, TX 7.9 mi
78522 Brownsville, TX 9.7 mi
78568 Lozano, TX 10.9 mi
78567 Los Indios, TX 11.7 mi
78566 Los Fresnos, TX 12.3 mi
78553 Harlingen, TX 14.1 mi
78578 Port Isabel, TX 15.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78575?

78575 is in Olmito, Texas, in Cameron County, part of the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.0333, -97.5502.

What county is 78575 in?

78575 lies in Cameron County.

What area code is 78575?

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

What time zone is 78575 in?

78575 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78575?

About 4,575 people live in ZIP code 78575, in 1,620 households, at 548.7 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 78575?

$71,765 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78575?

The closest are 78523 (4 mi), 78520 (5 mi), 78526 (6.7 mi), 78586 (7.9 mi) and 78522 (9.7 mi).

Is 78575 a PO Box ZIP code?

78575 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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