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78595

ZIP 78595 is Sullivan City, Texas, mostly in Hidalgo County; area code 956; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hidalgo +1 more
Population
6,118
Coordinates
26.3146, -98.5404
☼ Live from 78595 — Sullivan City, TX

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Where 78595 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78595
  • 🔢 Type 78595 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SGSBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,595 = 5 × 11 × 1429. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001100000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78594 (Sebastian, TX, 46 mi away) and 78596 (Weslaco, TX, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78595 becomes 59587, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (55798, 55987, 58579, 58759, 58795, 59758, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98575 in Quinault, WA, 2,003 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 98% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯934 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78595 and you would come out at 26.31°S, 81.46°E — 1,398 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 30.5 square miles of land, 78595 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,118This ZIP6,118
Households1,826This ZIP1,826
Housing units2,035This ZIP2,035
Median age33.0This ZIP33.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$58,846This ZIP$58,846Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$89,200This ZIP$89,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$628This ZIP$628Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.7%This ZIP10.7%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density200.4 / sq miThis ZIP200.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees559This ZIP559
Annual payroll$11,864,000This ZIP$11,864,000
Tax returns filed2,640This ZIP2,640
Total adjusted gross income$89,957,000This ZIP$89,957,000

Land area

Land area30.53 sq miThis ZIP30.53 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 78595 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Hidalgo County 78.3%
Starr County 21.7%

Other place names in 78595

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

ZIP codes near 78595

ZIPCityDistance
78576 Penitas, TX 4.8 mi
78560 La Joya, TX 4.8 mi
78565 Los Ebanos, TX 5.1 mi
78548 Grulla, TX 7.6 mi
78547 Garciasville, TX 9.7 mi
78574 Mission, TX 10.4 mi
78572 Mission, TX 13.8 mi
78573 Mission, TX 14.9 mi
78541 Edinburg, TX 18.9 mi
78504 Mcallen, TX 18.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78595?

78595 is in Sullivan City, Texas, in Hidalgo County, part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.3146, -98.5404.

What county is 78595 in?

78595 spans 2 counties: Hidalgo County and Starr County. Most of it falls in Hidalgo County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 78595?

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

What time zone is 78595 in?

78595 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78595?

About 6,118 people live in ZIP code 78595, in 1,826 households, at 200.4 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 78595?

$58,846 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78595?

The closest are 78576 (4.8 mi), 78560 (4.8 mi), 78565 (5.1 mi), 78548 (7.6 mi) and 78547 (9.7 mi).

Is 78595 a PO Box ZIP code?

78595 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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