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78612

ZIP 78612 is Cedar Creek, Texas, mostly in Bastrop County; area codes 512 and 737; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bastrop +1 more
Population
19,799
Coordinates
30.0941, -97.4951
☼ Live from 78612 — Cedar Creek, TX

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Where 78612 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78612
  • 🔢 Type 78612 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIgBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,612 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 6551. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001100010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78611 (Burnet, TX, 68 mi away) and 78613 (Cedar Park, TX, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78612 becomes 21687, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12768, 12786, 16728, 16827, 16872, 17268, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12768 in Parksville, NY, 1,503 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 76%.
  • 🎯675 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78612 and you would come out at 30.09°S, 82.50°E — 1,478 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 12m.
  • 📏 At 99.1 square miles of land, 78612 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 75 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population19,799This ZIP19,799
Households5,850This ZIP5,850
Housing units6,168This ZIP6,168
Median age35.5This ZIP35.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$95,496This ZIP$95,496Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$309,200This ZIP$309,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,481This ZIP$1,481Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.9%This ZIP23.9%
Mean commute38.7 minThis ZIP38.7 min
Population density199.9 / sq miThis ZIP199.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments233This ZIP233
Employees1,962This ZIP1,962
Annual payroll$98,259,000This ZIP$98,259,000
Tax returns filed7,870This ZIP7,870
Total adjusted gross income$531,621,000This ZIP$531,621,000

Land area

Land area99.07 sq miThis ZIP99.07 sq mi
Water area0.46 sq miThis ZIP0.46 sq mi

Counties 78612 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bastrop County 98.8%
Travis County 1.2%

Other place names in 78612

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ZIP codes near 78612

ZIPCityDistance
78617 Del Valle, TX 7.5 mi
78602 Bastrop, TX 10.2 mi
78662 Red Rock, TX 10.8 mi
78719 Austin, TX 11.1 mi
78725 Austin, TX 11.6 mi
78616 Dale, TX 12.1 mi
78742 Austin, TX 14.2 mi
78747 Austin, TX 14.9 mi
78744 Austin, TX 14.9 mi
78724 Austin, TX 15.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78612?

78612 is in Cedar Creek, Texas, in Bastrop County, part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.0941, -97.4951.

What county is 78612 in?

78612 spans 2 counties: Bastrop County and Travis County. Most of it falls in Bastrop 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 78612?

Cedar Creek uses area codes 512 and 737, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78612 in?

78612 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78612?

About 19,799 people live in ZIP code 78612, in 5,850 households, at 199.9 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 78612?

$95,496 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78612?

The closest are 78617 (7.5 mi), 78602 (10.2 mi), 78662 (10.8 mi), 78719 (11.1 mi) and 78725 (11.6 mi).

Is 78612 a PO Box ZIP code?

78612 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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