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78650

ZIP 78650 is Mc Dade, Texas, mostly in Bastrop County; area codes 512 and 737; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bastrop +1 more
Population
2,409
Coordinates
30.3039, -97.2189
☼ Live from 78650 — Mc Dade, TX

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Where 78650 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78650
  • 🔢 Type 78650 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSgBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,650 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 11 × 11 × 13. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001100111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78648 (Luling, TX, 49 mi away) and 78651 (Mc Neil, TX, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78650 becomes 05687, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05678, 05768, 05867, 06758, 06785, 06857, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05867 in Sutton, VT, 1,689 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 75%.
  • 🎯663 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78650 and you would come out at 30.30°S, 82.78°E — 1,471 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 11m.
  • 📏 At 63.6 square miles of land, 78650 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 48 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,409This ZIP2,409
Households759This ZIP759
Housing units886This ZIP886
Median age46.6This ZIP46.6Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$85,170This ZIP$85,170Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$300,300This ZIP$300,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,375This ZIP$1,375Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.5%This ZIP22.5%
Mean commute34.9 minThis ZIP34.9 min
Population density37.9 / sq miThis ZIP37.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments29This ZIP29
Employees256This ZIP256
Annual payroll$6,456,000This ZIP$6,456,000
Tax returns filed860This ZIP860
Total adjusted gross income$63,534,000This ZIP$63,534,000

Land area

Land area63.57 sq miThis ZIP63.57 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Counties 78650 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bastrop County 71.0%
Lee County 29.0%

Other place names in 78650

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

ZIP codes near 78650

ZIPCityDistance
78659 Paige, TX 8.7 mi
78621 Elgin, TX 8.7 mi
78947 Lexington, TX 13.4 mi
78602 Bastrop, TX 13.6 mi
78948 Lincoln, TX 14.5 mi
78615 Coupland, TX 15.1 mi
76578 Thrall, TX 16.0 mi
78653 Manor, TX 18.2 mi
78942 Giddings, TX 19.6 mi
78957 Smithville, TX 20.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78650?

78650 is in Mc Dade, Texas, in Bastrop County, part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.3039, -97.2189.

What county is 78650 in?

78650 spans 2 counties: Bastrop County and Lee 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 78650?

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

What time zone is 78650 in?

78650 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78650?

About 2,409 people live in ZIP code 78650, in 759 households, at 37.9 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 78650?

$85,170 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78650?

The closest are 78659 (8.7 mi), 78621 (8.7 mi), 78947 (13.4 mi), 78602 (13.6 mi) and 78948 (14.5 mi).

Is 78650 a PO Box ZIP code?

78650 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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