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78593

ZIP 78593 is Santa Rosa, Texas, in Cameron County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cameron
Population
5,455
Coordinates
26.2757, -97.8235
☼ Live from 78593 — Santa Rosa, TX

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Where 78593 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78593
  • 🔢 Type 78593 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EGSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 78593 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001100000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78592 (Santa Maria, TX, 15 mi away) and 78594 (Sebastian, TX, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78593 becomes 39587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 39 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35897, 35978, 35987, 38579, 38759, 38957, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98357 in Neah Bay, WA, 2,099 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯937 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78593 and you would come out at 26.28°S, 82.18°E — 1,363 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 29m.
  • 📏 At 38.4 square miles of land, 78593 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,455This ZIP5,455
Households1,555This ZIP1,555
Housing units1,718This ZIP1,718
Median age29.4This ZIP29.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$48,649This ZIP$48,649Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$85,100This ZIP$85,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$898This ZIP$898Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.9%This ZIP13.9%
Mean commute20.0 minThis ZIP20.0 min
Population density142.1 / sq miThis ZIP142.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees673This ZIP673
Annual payroll$16,038,000This ZIP$16,038,000
Tax returns filed2,260This ZIP2,260
Total adjusted gross income$86,575,000This ZIP$86,575,000

Land area

Land area38.38 sq miThis ZIP38.38 sq mi
Water area0.18 sq miThis ZIP0.18 sq mi

Other place names in 78593

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

ZIP codes near 78593

ZIPCityDistance
78562 La Villa, TX 4.2 mi
78594 Sebastian, TX 5.0 mi
78535 Combes, TX 6.0 mi
78551 Harlingen, TX 6.7 mi
78552 Harlingen, TX 7.2 mi
78569 Lyford, TX 8.6 mi
78559 La Feria, TX 9.0 mi
78570 Mercedes, TX 9.0 mi
78553 Harlingen, TX 9.8 mi
78550 Harlingen, TX 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78593?

78593 is in Santa Rosa, Texas, in Cameron County, part of the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.2757, -97.8235.

What county is 78593 in?

78593 lies in Cameron County.

What area code is 78593?

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

What time zone is 78593 in?

78593 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78593?

About 5,455 people live in ZIP code 78593, in 1,555 households, at 142.1 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 78593?

$48,649 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78593?

The closest are 78562 (4.2 mi), 78594 (5 mi), 78535 (6 mi), 78551 (6.7 mi) and 78552 (7.2 mi).

Is 78593 a PO Box ZIP code?

78593 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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