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78662

ZIP 78662 is Red Rock, Texas, mostly in Bastrop County; area codes 512 and 737; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bastrop +1 more
Population
3,015
Coordinates
29.9448, -97.4436
☼ Live from 78662 — Red Rock, TX

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Where 78662 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78662
  • 🔢 Type 78662 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZggBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,662 = 2 × 37 × 1063. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001101000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78661 (Prairie Lea, TX, 24 mi away) and 78663 (Round Mountain, TX, 61 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78662 becomes 26687, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26678, 27668, 27866, 28667, 28676, 28766, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27866 in Pleasant Hill, NC, 1,235 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 75%.
  • 🎯686 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78662 and you would come out at 29.94°S, 82.56°E — 1,488 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 13m.
  • 📏 At 67.4 square miles of land, 78662 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 51 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,015This ZIP3,015
Households1,381This ZIP1,381
Housing units1,454This ZIP1,454
Median age46.5This ZIP46.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$94,005This ZIP$94,005Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$248,600This ZIP$248,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher15.6%This ZIP15.6%
Mean commute45.2 minThis ZIP45.2 min
Population density44.8 / sq miThis ZIP44.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments35This ZIP35
Employees276This ZIP276
Annual payroll$17,409,000This ZIP$17,409,000
Tax returns filed1,330This ZIP1,330
Total adjusted gross income$92,099,000This ZIP$92,099,000

Land area

Land area67.37 sq miThis ZIP67.37 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 78662 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Bastrop County 81.2%
Caldwell County 18.8%

Other place names in 78662

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ZIP codes near 78662

ZIPCityDistance
78616 Dale, TX 6.7 mi
78953 Rosanky, TX 8.6 mi
78612 Cedar Creek, TX 10.8 mi
78602 Bastrop, TX 14.7 mi
78644 Lockhart, TX 14.7 mi
78957 Smithville, TX 16.4 mi
78617 Del Valle, TX 17.0 mi
78632 Harwood, TX 18.0 mi
78959 Waelder, TX 18.9 mi
78719 Austin, TX 19.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78662?

78662 is in Red Rock, Texas, in Bastrop County, part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.9448, -97.4436.

What county is 78662 in?

78662 spans 2 counties: Bastrop County and Caldwell 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 78662?

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

What time zone is 78662 in?

78662 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78662?

About 3,015 people live in ZIP code 78662, in 1,381 households, at 44.8 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 78662?

$94,005 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78662?

The closest are 78616 (6.7 mi), 78953 (8.6 mi), 78612 (10.8 mi), 78602 (14.7 mi) and 78644 (14.7 mi).

Is 78662 a PO Box ZIP code?

78662 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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