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78582

ZIP 78582 is Rio Grande City, Texas, in Starr County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Starr
Population
44,741
Coordinates
26.5309, -98.7402
☼ Live from 78582 — Rio Grande City, TX

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Where 78582 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78582
  • 🔢 Type 78582 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZBSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,582 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 1871. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78580 (Raymondville, TX, 61 mi away) and 78583 (Rio Hondo, TX, 80 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78582 becomes 28587 — and that is a real ZIP code: Vandemere, NC, 1,435 miles away.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25878, 27588, 27858, 27885, 28578, 28587, …). The farthest-flung twin is 58782 in Sherwood, ND, 1,557 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯919 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78582 and you would come out at 26.53°S, 81.26°E — 1,417 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 28m.
  • 📏 At 565.3 square miles of land, 78582 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 429 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population44,741This ZIP44,741
Households12,795This ZIP12,795
Housing units14,896This ZIP14,896
Median age29.7This ZIP29.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$42,626This ZIP$42,626Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$102,800This ZIP$102,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$747This ZIP$747Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.2%This ZIP13.2%
Mean commute21.6 minThis ZIP21.6 min
Population density79.2 / sq miThis ZIP79.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments429This ZIP429
Employees7,046This ZIP7,046
Annual payroll$194,922,000This ZIP$194,922,000
Tax returns filed17,370This ZIP17,370
Total adjusted gross income$683,480,000This ZIP$683,480,000

Land area

Land area565.25 sq miThis ZIP565.25 sq mi
Water area1.56 sq miThis ZIP1.56 sq mi

Other place names in 78582

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

ZIP codes near 78582

ZIPCityDistance
78591 Santa Elena, TX 13.8 mi
78584 Roma, TX 15.8 mi
78547 Garciasville, TX 15.9 mi
78548 Grulla, TX 18.3 mi
78595 Sullivan City, TX 19.4 mi
78536 Delmita, TX 19.9 mi
78585 Salineno, TX 21.3 mi
78576 Penitas, TX 22.6 mi
78565 Los Ebanos, TX 22.7 mi
78360 Guerra, TX 23.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78582?

78582 is in Rio Grande City, Texas, in Starr County, part of the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.5309, -98.7402.

What county is 78582 in?

78582 lies in Starr County.

What area code is 78582?

Rio Grande City uses area code 956, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78582 in?

78582 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78582?

About 44,741 people live in ZIP code 78582, in 12,795 households, at 79.2 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 78582?

$42,626 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78582?

The closest are 78591 (13.8 mi), 78584 (15.8 mi), 78547 (15.9 mi), 78548 (18.3 mi) and 78595 (19.4 mi).

Is 78582 a PO Box ZIP code?

78582 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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