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78586

ZIP 78586 is San Benito, Texas, in Cameron County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cameron
Population
50,964
Coordinates
26.1099, -97.6454
☼ Live from 78586 — San Benito, TX

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Where 78586 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78586
  • 🔢 Type 78586 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gBSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,586 = 2 × 39293. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78585 (Salineno, TX, 93 mi away) and 78588 (San Isidro, TX, 64 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78586 becomes 68587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (58768, 65788, 68758, 68785, 68875, 75688, …). The farthest-flung twin is 58768 in Norwich, ND, 1,541 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 76%.
  • 🎯949 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78586 and you would come out at 26.11°S, 82.35°E — 1,347 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 152.6 square miles of land, 78586 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 116 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population50,964This ZIP50,964
Households15,699This ZIP15,699
Housing units17,259This ZIP17,259
Median age32.0This ZIP32.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$45,575This ZIP$45,575Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$87,200This ZIP$87,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$796This ZIP$796Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.6%This ZIP12.6%
Mean commute20.8 minThis ZIP20.8 min
Population density334.0 / sq miThis ZIP334.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments454This ZIP454
Employees6,334This ZIP6,334
Annual payroll$223,145,000This ZIP$223,145,000
Tax returns filed20,590This ZIP20,590
Total adjusted gross income$829,252,000This ZIP$829,252,000

Land area

Land area152.59 sq miThis ZIP152.59 sq mi
Water area7.12 sq miThis ZIP7.12 sq mi

Other place names in 78586

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ZIP codes near 78586

ZIPCityDistance
78553 Harlingen, TX 6.4 mi
78567 Los Indios, TX 7.3 mi
78575 Olmito, TX 7.9 mi
78568 Lozano, TX 8.5 mi
78552 Harlingen, TX 8.7 mi
78550 Harlingen, TX 10.1 mi
78551 Harlingen, TX 10.4 mi
78535 Combes, TX 11.0 mi
78559 La Feria, TX 11.5 mi
78523 Brownsville, TX 11.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78586?

78586 is in San Benito, Texas, in Cameron County, part of the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.1099, -97.6454.

What county is 78586 in?

78586 lies in Cameron County.

What area code is 78586?

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

What time zone is 78586 in?

78586 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78586?

About 50,964 people live in ZIP code 78586, in 15,699 households, at 334.0 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 78586?

$45,575 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78586?

The closest are 78553 (6.4 mi), 78567 (7.3 mi), 78575 (7.9 mi), 78568 (8.5 mi) and 78552 (8.7 mi).

Is 78586 a PO Box ZIP code?

78586 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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