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78620

ZIP 78620 is Dripping Springs, Texas, mostly in Hays County; area codes 737 and 512; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hays +2 more
Population
22,860
Coordinates
30.2256, -98.1363
☼ Live from 78620 — Dripping Springs, TX

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Where 78620 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78620
  • 🔢 Type 78620 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZgBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,620 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 3931. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001100011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78619 (Driftwood, TX, 10 mi away) and 78621 (Elgin, TX, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78620 becomes 02687, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02768, 02876, 06278, 06782, 07628, 07826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02768 in Raynham Center, MA, 1,700 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯664 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78620 and you would come out at 30.23°S, 81.86°E — 1,455 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 12m.
  • 📏 At 175.6 square miles of land, 78620 is bigger than 89% of ZIP codes — room for about 133 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population22,860This ZIP22,860
Households8,276This ZIP8,276
Housing units8,664This ZIP8,664
Median age42.7This ZIP42.7Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$153,477This ZIP$153,477Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$676,500This ZIP$676,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,965This ZIP$1,965Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher66.7%This ZIP66.7%
Mean commute32.1 minThis ZIP32.1 min
Population density130.2 / sq miThis ZIP130.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments918This ZIP918
Employees10,015This ZIP10,015
Annual payroll$529,368,000This ZIP$529,368,000
Tax returns filed11,710This ZIP11,710
Total adjusted gross income$2,115,465,000This ZIP$2,115,465,000

Land area

Land area175.60 sq miThis ZIP175.60 sq mi
Water area0.43 sq miThis ZIP0.43 sq mi

Counties 78620 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Hays County 85.5%
Travis County 9.6%
Blanco County 5.0%

Other place names in 78620

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

ZIP codes near 78620

ZIPCityDistance
78619 Driftwood, TX 10.0 mi
78738 Austin, TX 10.4 mi
78737 Austin, TX 11.2 mi
78736 Austin, TX 11.2 mi
78676 Wimberley, TX 13.0 mi
78667 San Marcos, TX 14.2 mi
78669 Spicewood, TX 15.0 mi
78739 Austin, TX 15.1 mi
78734 Austin, TX 15.5 mi
78735 Austin, TX 16.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78620?

78620 is in Dripping Springs, Texas, in Hays County, part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.2256, -98.1363.

What county is 78620 in?

78620 spans 3 counties: Hays County, Travis County and Blanco County. Most of it falls in Hays 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 78620?

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

What time zone is 78620 in?

78620 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78620?

About 22,860 people live in ZIP code 78620, in 8,276 households, at 130.2 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 78620?

$153,477 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78620?

The closest are 78619 (10 mi), 78738 (10.4 mi), 78737 (11.2 mi), 78736 (11.2 mi) and 78676 (13 mi).

Is 78620 a PO Box ZIP code?

78620 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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