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78579

ZIP 78579 is Progreso, Texas, in Hidalgo County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hidalgo
Population
2,039
Coordinates
26.0892, -97.9463
☼ Live from 78579 — Progreso, TX

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Where 78579 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78579
  • 🔢 Type 78579 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,579 = 3 × 3 × 8731. Its digits add up to 36, a total 149 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78578 (Port Isabel, TX, 40 mi away) and 78580 (Raymondville, TX, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78579 becomes 97587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (58779, 75789, 75798, 75978, 77598, 77859, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98577 in Raymond, WA, 1,996 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯950 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78579 and you would come out at 26.09°S, 82.05°E — 1,360 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 5.7 square miles of land, 78579 is bigger than 20% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,039This ZIP2,039
Households665This ZIP665
Housing units744This ZIP744
Median age43.9This ZIP43.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$19,172This ZIP$19,172Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median gross rent$948This ZIP$948Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.8%This ZIP22.8%
Mean commute16.9 minThis ZIP16.9 min
Population density358.0 / sq miThis ZIP358.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments36This ZIP36
Employees278This ZIP278
Annual payroll$10,531,000This ZIP$10,531,000

Land area

Land area5.70 sq miThis ZIP5.70 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 78579

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

ZIP codes near 78579

ZIPCityDistance
78596 Weslaco, TX 3.4 mi
78570 Mercedes, TX 6.1 mi
78592 Santa Maria, TX 6.4 mi
78559 La Feria, TX 8.4 mi
78537 Donna, TX 9.0 mi
78599 Weslaco, TX 9.2 mi
78516 Alamo, TX 11.5 mi
78567 Los Indios, TX 13.3 mi
78562 La Villa, TX 13.9 mi
78589 San Juan, TX 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78579?

78579 is in Progreso, Texas, in Hidalgo County, part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.0892, -97.9463.

What county is 78579 in?

78579 lies in Hidalgo County.

What area code is 78579?

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

What time zone is 78579 in?

78579 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78579?

About 2,039 people live in ZIP code 78579, in 665 households, at 358.0 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 78579?

$19,172 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78579?

The closest are 78596 (3.4 mi), 78570 (6.1 mi), 78592 (6.4 mi), 78559 (8.4 mi) and 78537 (9 mi).

Is 78579 a PO Box ZIP code?

78579 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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