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78619

ZIP 78619 is Driftwood, Texas, in Hays County; area codes 512 and 737; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hays
Population
6,693
Coordinates
30.1122, -98.0310
☼ Live from 78619 — Driftwood, TX

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Where 78619 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78619
  • 🔢 Type 78619 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GIgBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,619 = 29 × 2711. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001100011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78618 (Doss, TX, 73 mi away) and 78620 (Dripping Springs, TX, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78619 becomes 91687, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16879, 17968, 18769, 18976, 68179, 68197, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96817 in Honolulu, HI, 3,730 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯672 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78619 and you would come out at 30.11°S, 81.97°E — 1,464 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 39.9 square miles of land, 78619 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,693This ZIP6,693
Households2,393This ZIP2,393
Housing units2,465This ZIP2,465
Median age44.8This ZIP44.8Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$183,393This ZIP$183,393Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$810,600This ZIP$810,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,786This ZIP$1,786Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher62.5%This ZIP62.5%
Mean commute30.5 minThis ZIP30.5 min
Population density167.6 / sq miThis ZIP167.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments164This ZIP164
Employees1,611This ZIP1,611
Annual payroll$76,262,000This ZIP$76,262,000
Tax returns filed2,930This ZIP2,930
Total adjusted gross income$735,833,000This ZIP$735,833,000

Land area

Land area39.94 sq miThis ZIP39.94 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 78619

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

ZIP codes near 78619

ZIPCityDistance
78667 San Marcos, TX 4.3 mi
78737 Austin, TX 6.3 mi
78676 Wimberley, TX 9.2 mi
78739 Austin, TX 9.5 mi
78620 Dripping Springs, TX 10.0 mi
78652 Manchaca, TX 10.3 mi
78736 Austin, TX 10.6 mi
78610 Buda, TX 11.6 mi
78749 Austin, TX 12.7 mi
78748 Austin, TX 12.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78619?

78619 is in Driftwood, Texas, in Hays County, part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.1122, -98.0310.

What county is 78619 in?

78619 lies in Hays County.

What area code is 78619?

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

What time zone is 78619 in?

78619 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78619?

About 6,693 people live in ZIP code 78619, in 2,393 households, at 167.6 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 78619?

$183,393 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78619?

The closest are 78667 (4.3 mi), 78737 (6.3 mi), 78676 (9.2 mi), 78739 (9.5 mi) and 78620 (10 mi).

Is 78619 a PO Box ZIP code?

78619 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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