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78834

ZIP 78834 is Carrizo Springs, Texas, mostly in Dimmit County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Dimmit +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
6,971
Coordinates
28.5446, -99.8684
☼ Live from 78834 — Carrizo Springs, TX

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Where 78834 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78834
  • 🔢 Type 78834 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hEBBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,834 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 1877. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011001111110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78833 (Camp Wood, TX, 80 mi away) and 78836 (Catarina, TX, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78834 becomes 43887, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34788, 37848, 38478, 38487, 38748, 38847, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83847 in Naples, ID, 1,640 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯783 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78834 and you would come out at 28.54°S, 80.13°E — 1,530 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 19m.
  • 📏 At 511.1 square miles of land, 78834 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 388 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,971This ZIP6,971
Households2,437This ZIP2,437
Housing units3,218This ZIP3,218
Median age34.8This ZIP34.8Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$39,477This ZIP$39,477Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$87,700This ZIP$87,700Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$845This ZIP$845Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.7%This ZIP10.7%
Mean commute25.2 minThis ZIP25.2 min
Population density13.6 / sq miThis ZIP13.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments186This ZIP186
Employees3,523This ZIP3,523
Annual payroll$220,291,000This ZIP$220,291,000
Tax returns filed3,040This ZIP3,040
Total adjusted gross income$167,811,000This ZIP$167,811,000

Land area

Land area511.12 sq miThis ZIP511.12 sq mi
Water area2.07 sq miThis ZIP2.07 sq mi

Counties 78834 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Dimmit County 89.1%
Zavala County 10.9%

Other place names in 78834

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ZIP codes near 78834

ZIPCityDistance
78827 Asherton, TX 11.8 mi
78839 Crystal City, TX 14.1 mi
78836 Catarina, TX 21.3 mi
78830 Big Wells, TX 23.8 mi
78860 El Indio, TX 24.1 mi
78872 La Pryor, TX 25.1 mi
78829 Batesville, TX 29.5 mi
78852 Eagle Pass, TX 35.1 mi
78853 Eagle Pass, TX 38.2 mi
78802 Uvalde, TX 41.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78834?

78834 is in Carrizo Springs, Texas, in Dimmit County. Its published point location is 28.5446, -99.8684.

What county is 78834 in?

78834 spans 2 counties: Dimmit County and Zavala County. Most of it falls in Dimmit 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 78834?

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

What time zone is 78834 in?

78834 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78834?

About 6,971 people live in ZIP code 78834, in 2,437 households, at 13.6 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 78834?

$39,477 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78834?

The closest are 78827 (11.8 mi), 78839 (14.1 mi), 78836 (21.3 mi), 78830 (23.8 mi) and 78860 (24.1 mi).

Is 78834 a PO Box ZIP code?

78834 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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