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78576

ZIP 78576 is Penitas, Texas, in Hidalgo County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hidalgo
Population
15,484
Coordinates
26.3171, -98.4637
☼ Live from 78576 — Penitas, TX

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Where 78576 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78576
  • 🔢 Type 78576 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,576 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 1637. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78575 (Olmito, TX, 60 mi away) and 78577 (Pharr, TX, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78576 becomes 67587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (58776, 65778, 65787, 67578, 67758, 67857, …). The farthest-flung twin is 58776 in Ross, ND, 1,532 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯934 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78576 and you would come out at 26.32°S, 81.54°E — 1,394 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 58.2 square miles of land, 78576 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,484This ZIP15,484
Households3,637This ZIP3,637
Housing units3,947This ZIP3,947
Median age22.4This ZIP22.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$49,137This ZIP$49,137Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$131,400This ZIP$131,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$697This ZIP$697Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher7.0%This ZIP7.0%
Mean commute20.5 minThis ZIP20.5 min
Population density266.1 / sq miThis ZIP266.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments82This ZIP82
Employees1,164This ZIP1,164
Annual payroll$33,522,000This ZIP$33,522,000
Tax returns filed5,160This ZIP5,160
Total adjusted gross income$184,301,000This ZIP$184,301,000

Land area

Land area58.19 sq miThis ZIP58.19 sq mi
Water area0.37 sq miThis ZIP0.37 sq mi

Other place names in 78576

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ZIP codes near 78576

ZIPCityDistance
78560 La Joya, TX 3.8 mi
78595 Sullivan City, TX 4.8 mi
78574 Mission, TX 5.6 mi
78565 Los Ebanos, TX 7.9 mi
78573 Mission, TX 10.2 mi
78572 Mission, TX 10.4 mi
78548 Grulla, TX 12.2 mi
78504 Mcallen, TX 14.3 mi
78547 Garciasville, TX 14.4 mi
78541 Edinburg, TX 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78576?

78576 is in Penitas, Texas, in Hidalgo County, part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.3171, -98.4637.

What county is 78576 in?

78576 lies in Hidalgo County.

What area code is 78576?

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

What time zone is 78576 in?

78576 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78576?

About 15,484 people live in ZIP code 78576, in 3,637 households, at 266.1 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 78576?

$49,137 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78576?

The closest are 78560 (3.8 mi), 78595 (4.8 mi), 78574 (5.6 mi), 78565 (7.9 mi) and 78573 (10.2 mi).

Is 78576 a PO Box ZIP code?

78576 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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