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78880

ZIP 78880 is Rocksprings, Texas, mostly in Edwards County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Edwards +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
1,194
Coordinates
29.9510, -100.2755
☼ Live from 78880 — Rocksprings, TX

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Where 78880 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78880
  • 🔢 Type 78880 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OBBBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,880 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 17 × 29. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010000100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78879 (Rio Frio, TX, 40 mi away) and 78881 (Sabinal, TX, 61 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78880 becomes 08887 — and that is a real ZIP code: Three Bridges, NJ, 1,605 miles away.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (08887). The farthest-flung twin is 08887 in Three Bridges, NJ, 1,605 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 80%.
  • 🎯689 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78880 and you would come out at 29.95°S, 79.72°E — 1,430 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 1,846.6 square miles of land, 78880 is bigger than 99% of ZIP codes — room for about 1,402 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,194This ZIP1,194
Households388This ZIP388
Housing units687This ZIP687
Median age38.5This ZIP38.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$39,211This ZIP$39,211Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median gross rent$713This ZIP$713Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.0%This ZIP25.0%
Mean commute18.1 minThis ZIP18.1 min
Population density0.6 / sq miThis ZIP0.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments37This ZIP37
Employees269This ZIP269
Annual payroll$9,179,000This ZIP$9,179,000
Tax returns filed680This ZIP680
Total adjusted gross income$44,555,000This ZIP$44,555,000

Land area

Land area1,846.61 sq miThis ZIP1,846.61 sq mi
Water area1.72 sq miThis ZIP1.72 sq mi

Counties 78880 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Edwards County 97.2%
Real County 2.8%

Other place names in 78880

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ZIP codes near 78880

ZIPCityDistance
78828 Barksdale, TX 17.6 mi
78833 Camp Wood, TX 25.4 mi
76883 Telegraph, TX 34.1 mi
78873 Leakey, TX 34.2 mi
76874 Roosevelt, TX 37.5 mi
76950 Sonora, TX 37.7 mi
78832 Brackettville, TX 38.0 mi
78879 Rio Frio, TX 39.8 mi
78058 Mountain Home, TX 41.8 mi
78840 Del Rio, TX 41.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78880?

78880 is in Rocksprings, Texas, in Edwards County. Its published point location is 29.9510, -100.2755.

What county is 78880 in?

78880 spans 2 counties: Edwards County and Real County. Most of it falls in Edwards 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 78880?

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

What time zone is 78880 in?

78880 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78880?

About 1,194 people live in ZIP code 78880, in 388 households, at 0.6 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 78880?

$39,211 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78880?

The closest are 78828 (17.6 mi), 78833 (25.4 mi), 76883 (34.1 mi), 78873 (34.2 mi) and 76874 (37.5 mi).

Is 78880 a PO Box ZIP code?

78880 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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