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78659

ZIP 78659 is Paige, Texas, mostly in Bastrop County; area codes 512 and 737; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bastrop +1 more
Population
2,660
Coordinates
30.2074, -97.1254
☼ Live from 78659 — Paige, TX

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Where 78659 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78659
  • 🔢 Type 78659 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSgBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,659 = 7 × 17 × 661. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001101000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78658 (Ottine, TX, 52 mi away) and 78660 (Pflugerville, TX, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78659 becomes 95687 — and that is a real ZIP code: Vacaville, CA, 1,517 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (58769, 59867, 65789, 65897, 67859, 68759, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96857 in Schofield Barracks, HI, 3,793 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 74%.
  • 🎯670 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78659 and you would come out at 30.21°S, 82.87°E — 1,479 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 116.7 square miles of land, 78659 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 89 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,660This ZIP2,660
Households1,098This ZIP1,098
Housing units1,344This ZIP1,344
Median age48.0This ZIP48.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$89,808This ZIP$89,808Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$349,700This ZIP$349,700Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher36.2%This ZIP36.2%
Mean commute48.4 minThis ZIP48.4 min
Population density22.8 / sq miThis ZIP22.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments48This ZIP48
Employees251This ZIP251
Annual payroll$9,111,000This ZIP$9,111,000
Tax returns filed1,860This ZIP1,860
Total adjusted gross income$134,141,000This ZIP$134,141,000

Land area

Land area116.69 sq miThis ZIP116.69 sq mi
Water area0.39 sq miThis ZIP0.39 sq mi

Counties 78659 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Bastrop County 79.1%
Lee County 20.9%

Other place names in 78659

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

ZIP codes near 78659

ZIPCityDistance
78650 Mc Dade, TX 8.7 mi
78942 Giddings, TX 11.7 mi
78948 Lincoln, TX 11.9 mi
78602 Bastrop, TX 13.2 mi
78957 Smithville, TX 13.8 mi
78960 Warda, TX 16.4 mi
78621 Elgin, TX 16.6 mi
78947 Lexington, TX 16.7 mi
77853 Dime Box, TX 19.8 mi
78946 Ledbetter, TX 20.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78659?

78659 is in Paige, Texas, in Bastrop County, part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.2074, -97.1254.

What county is 78659 in?

78659 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 78659?

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

What time zone is 78659 in?

78659 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78659?

About 2,660 people live in ZIP code 78659, in 1,098 households, at 22.8 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 78659?

$89,808 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78659?

The closest are 78650 (8.7 mi), 78942 (11.7 mi), 78948 (11.9 mi), 78602 (13.2 mi) and 78957 (13.8 mi).

Is 78659 a PO Box ZIP code?

78659 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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