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78590

ZIP 78590 is San Perlita, Texas, in Willacy County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Willacy
Metro area
Raymondville, TX
Population
428
Coordinates
26.5019, -97.6351
☼ Live from 78590 — San Perlita, TX

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Where 78590 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78590
  • 🔢 Type 78590 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,590 = 2 × 5 × 29 × 271. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001011111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78589 (San Juan, TX, 41 mi away) and 78591 (Santa Elena, TX, 57 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78590 becomes 09587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08759, 09875, 58079, 58790, 59078, 59087, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09875 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,175 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 76%.
  • 🎯922 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78590 and you would come out at 26.50°S, 82.36°E — 1,365 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 1.0 square miles of land, 78590 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 484 football fields.
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People and housing

Population428This ZIP428
Households97This ZIP97
Housing units152This ZIP152
Median age30.4This ZIP30.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$82,292This ZIP$82,292Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$57,400This ZIP$57,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher12.7%This ZIP12.7%
Mean commute13.9 minThis ZIP13.9 min
Population density427.6 / sq miThis ZIP427.6 / sq mi

Land area

Land area1.00 sq miThis ZIP1.00 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 78590

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

ZIP codes near 78590

ZIPCityDistance
78580 Raymondville, TX 7.0 mi
78569 Lyford, TX 11.0 mi
78598 Port Mansfield, TX 13.6 mi
78594 Sebastian, TX 15.1 mi
78550 Harlingen, TX 17.1 mi
78561 Lasara, TX 17.5 mi
78583 Rio Hondo, TX 18.1 mi
78535 Combes, TX 18.4 mi
78551 Harlingen, TX 18.5 mi
78593 Santa Rosa, TX 19.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78590?

78590 is in San Perlita, Texas, in Willacy County, part of the Raymondville, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.5019, -97.6351.

What county is 78590 in?

78590 lies in Willacy County.

What area code is 78590?

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

What time zone is 78590 in?

78590 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78590?

About 428 people live in ZIP code 78590, in 97 households, at 427.6 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 78590?

$82,292 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78590?

The closest are 78580 (7 mi), 78569 (11 mi), 78598 (13.6 mi), 78594 (15.1 mi) and 78550 (17.1 mi).

Is 78590 a PO Box ZIP code?

78590 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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