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78589

ZIP 78589 is San Juan, Texas, in Hidalgo County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hidalgo
Population
40,231
Coordinates
26.1512, -98.1593
☼ Live from 78589 — San Juan, TX

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Where 78589 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78589
  • 🔢 Type 78589 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GBSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,589 = 7 × 103 × 109. Its digits add up to 37, a total 89 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78588 (San Isidro, TX, 43 mi away) and 78590 (San Perlita, TX, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78589 becomes 98587 — and that is a real ZIP code: Taholah, WA, 2,033 miles away.
  • 👥 6 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (58789, 78598, 88579, 97885, 98587, 98857). The farthest-flung twin is 98587 in Taholah, WA, 2,033 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯945 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78589 and you would come out at 26.15°S, 81.84°E — 1,373 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 30m.
  • 📏 At 25.5 square miles of land, 78589 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40,231This ZIP40,231
Households11,709This ZIP11,709
Housing units12,747This ZIP12,747
Median age31.2This ZIP31.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$54,285This ZIP$54,285Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$120,400This ZIP$120,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$937This ZIP$937Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.8%This ZIP13.8%
Mean commute24.4 minThis ZIP24.4 min
Population density1,578.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,578.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments365This ZIP365
Employees6,731This ZIP6,731
Annual payroll$219,319,000This ZIP$219,319,000
Tax returns filed17,490This ZIP17,490
Total adjusted gross income$723,815,000This ZIP$723,815,000

Land area

Land area25.48 sq miThis ZIP25.48 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Other place names in 78589

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ZIP codes near 78589

ZIPCityDistance
78577 Pharr, TX 2.3 mi
78516 Alamo, TX 2.4 mi
78503 Mcallen, TX 5.6 mi
78505 Mcallen, TX 5.7 mi
78537 Donna, TX 6.5 mi
78557 Hidalgo, TX 6.5 mi
78501 Mcallen, TX 6.7 mi
78502 Mcallen, TX 7.7 mi
78539 Edinburg, TX 9.1 mi
78504 Mcallen, TX 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78589?

78589 is in San Juan, Texas, in Hidalgo County, part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.1512, -98.1593.

What county is 78589 in?

78589 lies in Hidalgo County.

What area code is 78589?

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

What time zone is 78589 in?

78589 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78589?

About 40,231 people live in ZIP code 78589, in 11,709 households, at 1,578.7 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 78589?

$54,285 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78589?

The closest are 78577 (2.3 mi), 78516 (2.4 mi), 78503 (5.6 mi), 78505 (5.7 mi) and 78537 (6.5 mi).

Is 78589 a PO Box ZIP code?

78589 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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