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78829

ZIP 78829 is Batesville, Texas, in Zavala County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Zavala
Metro area
none
Population
1,028
Coordinates
28.8906, -99.5837
☼ Live from 78829 — Batesville, TX

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Where 78829 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78829
  • 🔢 Type 78829 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GZBBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,829 = 17 × 4637. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001111101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78828 (Barksdale, TX, 71 mi away) and 78830 (Big Wells, TX, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78829 becomes 92887 — and that is a real ZIP code: Yorba Linda, CA, 1,123 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27889, 28789, 78289, 78298, 87829, 92878, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98278 in Oak Harbor, WA, 1,819 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯758 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78829 and you would come out at 28.89°S, 80.42°E — 1,512 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 18m.
  • 📏 At 520.4 square miles of land, 78829 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 395 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,028This ZIP1,028
Households299This ZIP299
Housing units394This ZIP394
Median age32.1This ZIP32.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$28,517This ZIP$28,517Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$73,400This ZIP$73,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher8.7%This ZIP8.7%
Mean commute18.0 minThis ZIP18.0 min
Population density2.0 / sq miThis ZIP2.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees58This ZIP58
Annual payroll$3,569,000This ZIP$3,569,000
Tax returns filed400This ZIP400
Total adjusted gross income$16,259,000This ZIP$16,259,000

Land area

Land area520.36 sq miThis ZIP520.36 sq mi
Water area1.11 sq miThis ZIP1.11 sq mi

Other place names in 78829

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ZIP codes near 78829

ZIPCityDistance
78839 Crystal City, TX 15.4 mi
78872 La Pryor, TX 18.0 mi
78017 Dilley, TX 25.0 mi
78830 Big Wells, TX 26.4 mi
78870 Knippa, TX 26.5 mi
78802 Uvalde, TX 27.0 mi
78061 Pearsall, TX 27.7 mi
78834 Carrizo Springs, TX 29.5 mi
78886 Yancey, TX 30.2 mi
78850 D Hanis, TX 31.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78829?

78829 is in Batesville, Texas, in Zavala County. Its published point location is 28.8906, -99.5837.

What county is 78829 in?

78829 lies in Zavala County.

What area code is 78829?

Batesville uses area code 830, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78829 in?

78829 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78829?

About 1,028 people live in ZIP code 78829, in 299 households, at 2.0 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 78829?

$28,517 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78829?

The closest are 78839 (15.4 mi), 78872 (18 mi), 78017 (25 mi), 78830 (26.4 mi) and 78870 (26.5 mi).

Is 78829 a PO Box ZIP code?

78829 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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