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78617

ZIP 78617 is Del Valle, Texas, mostly in Travis County; area codes 512 and 737; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Travis +1 more
Population
30,756
Coordinates
30.1478, -97.6036
☼ Live from 78617 — Del Valle, TX

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Where 78617 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78617
  • 🔢 Type 78617 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIgBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,617 = 7 × 11 × 1021. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001100011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78616 (Dale, TX, 16 mi away) and 78618 (Doss, TX, 97 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78617 becomes 71687, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16877, 17768, 17867, 17876, 18767, 61778, …). The farthest-flung twin is 18767 in Wilkes Barre, PA, 1,435 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 76%.
  • 🎯671 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78617 and you would come out at 30.15°S, 82.40°E — 1,472 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 64.0 square miles of land, 78617 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 49 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population30,756This ZIP30,756
Households8,950This ZIP8,950
Housing units9,443This ZIP9,443
Median age34.6This ZIP34.6Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$71,640This ZIP$71,640Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$281,700This ZIP$281,700Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,529This ZIP$1,529Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.8%This ZIP18.8%
Mean commute32.6 minThis ZIP32.6 min
Population density480.3 / sq miThis ZIP480.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments258This ZIP258
Employees2,472This ZIP2,472
Annual payroll$128,216,000This ZIP$128,216,000
Tax returns filed12,480This ZIP12,480
Total adjusted gross income$612,224,000This ZIP$612,224,000

Land area

Land area64.04 sq miThis ZIP64.04 sq mi
Water area0.44 sq miThis ZIP0.44 sq mi

Counties 78617 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Travis County 78.4%
Bastrop County 21.6%

Other place names in 78617

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ZIP codes near 78617

ZIPCityDistance
78719 Austin, TX 4.2 mi
78725 Austin, TX 5.7 mi
78742 Austin, TX 7.3 mi
78612 Cedar Creek, TX 7.5 mi
78744 Austin, TX 7.6 mi
78747 Austin, TX 8.4 mi
78741 Austin, TX 8.7 mi
78721 Austin, TX 9.8 mi
78724 Austin, TX 10.0 mi
78702 Austin, TX 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78617?

78617 is in Del Valle, Texas, in Travis County, part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.1478, -97.6036.

What county is 78617 in?

78617 spans 2 counties: Travis County and Bastrop County. Most of it falls in Travis 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 78617?

Del Valle uses area codes 512 and 737, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78617 in?

78617 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78617?

About 30,756 people live in ZIP code 78617, in 8,950 households, at 480.3 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 78617?

$71,640 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78617?

The closest are 78719 (4.2 mi), 78725 (5.7 mi), 78742 (7.3 mi), 78612 (7.5 mi) and 78744 (7.6 mi).

Is 78617 a PO Box ZIP code?

78617 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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