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78861

ZIP 78861 is Hondo, Texas, in Medina County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Medina
Population
14,008
Coordinates
29.4146, -99.1558
☼ Live from 78861 — Hondo, TX

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Where 78861 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78861
  • 🔢 Type 78861 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgBBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,861 = 3 × 97 × 271. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010000001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78860 (El Indio, TX, 96 mi away) and 78870 (Knippa, TX, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78861 becomes 16887, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16878, 17868, 17886, 61878, 68178, 68718, …). The farthest-flung twin is 17868 in Riverside, PA, 1,494 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯720 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78861 and you would come out at 29.41°S, 80.84°E — 1,486 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 15m.
  • 📏 At 490.7 square miles of land, 78861 is bigger than 97% of ZIP codes — room for about 373 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,008This ZIP14,008
Households4,586This ZIP4,586
Housing units5,120This ZIP5,120
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$64,917This ZIP$64,917Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$223,200This ZIP$223,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,391This ZIP$1,391Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.7%This ZIP18.7%
Mean commute27.0 minThis ZIP27.0 min
Population density28.5 / sq miThis ZIP28.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments278This ZIP278
Employees3,100This ZIP3,100
Annual payroll$144,052,000This ZIP$144,052,000
Tax returns filed5,460This ZIP5,460
Total adjusted gross income$384,316,000This ZIP$384,316,000

Land area

Land area490.74 sq miThis ZIP490.74 sq mi
Water area1.32 sq miThis ZIP1.32 sq mi

Other place names in 78861

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

ZIP codes near 78861

ZIPCityDistance
78850 D Hanis, TX 13.7 mi
78056 Mico, TX 15.5 mi
78009 Castroville, TX 16.3 mi
78066 Rio Medina, TX 16.8 mi
78886 Yancey, TX 18.0 mi
78016 Devine, TX 20.3 mi
78883 Tarpley, TX 20.4 mi
78003 Bandera, TX 20.5 mi
78039 La Coste, TX 20.6 mi
78881 Sabinal, TX 20.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78861?

78861 is in Hondo, Texas, in Medina County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.4146, -99.1558.

What county is 78861 in?

78861 lies in Medina County.

What area code is 78861?

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

What time zone is 78861 in?

78861 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78861?

About 14,008 people live in ZIP code 78861, in 4,586 households, at 28.5 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 78861?

$64,917 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78861?

The closest are 78850 (13.7 mi), 78056 (15.5 mi), 78009 (16.3 mi), 78066 (16.8 mi) and 78886 (18 mi).

Is 78861 a PO Box ZIP code?

78861 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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