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78884

ZIP 78884 is Utopia, Texas, mostly in Bandera County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bandera +2 more
Population
1,171
Coordinates
29.6366, -99.5065
☼ Live from 78884 — Utopia, TX

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Where 78884 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78884
  • 🔢 Type 78884 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hBBBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,884 = 2 × 2 × 13 × 37 × 41. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010000100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78883 (Tarpley, TX, 12 mi away) and 78885 (Vanderpool, TX, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78884 becomes 48887 — and that is a real ZIP code: Smyrna, MI, 1,216 miles away.
  • 👥 2 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (48878, 48887). The farthest-flung twin is 48878 in Rosebush, MI, 1,265 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯706 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78884 and you would come out at 29.64°S, 80.49°E — 1,465 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 14m.
  • 📏 At 199.3 square miles of land, 78884 is bigger than 91% of ZIP codes — room for about 151 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,171This ZIP1,171
Households448This ZIP448
Housing units670This ZIP670
Median age41.9This ZIP41.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$84,271This ZIP$84,271Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$286,900This ZIP$286,900Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$813This ZIP$813Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.5%This ZIP33.5%
Mean commute20.7 minThis ZIP20.7 min
Population density5.9 / sq miThis ZIP5.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments43This ZIP43
Employees144This ZIP144
Annual payroll$4,814,000This ZIP$4,814,000
Tax returns filed590This ZIP590
Total adjusted gross income$63,340,000This ZIP$63,340,000

Land area

Land area199.30 sq miThis ZIP199.30 sq mi
Water area0.37 sq miThis ZIP0.37 sq mi

Counties 78884 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Bandera County 52.7%
Uvalde County 37.0%
Medina County 10.3%

Other place names in 78884

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ZIP codes near 78884

ZIPCityDistance
78883 Tarpley, TX 11.7 mi
78879 Rio Frio, TX 12.3 mi
78838 Concan, TX 13.9 mi
78885 Vanderpool, TX 14.1 mi
78055 Medina, TX 17.0 mi
78881 Sabinal, TX 17.6 mi
78873 Leakey, TX 18.1 mi
78003 Bandera, TX 24.7 mi
78024 Hunt, TX 24.8 mi
78870 Knippa, TX 25.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78884?

78884 is in Utopia, Texas, in Bandera County, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6366, -99.5065.

What county is 78884 in?

78884 spans 3 counties: Bandera County, Uvalde County and Medina County. Most of it falls in Bandera 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 78884?

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

What time zone is 78884 in?

78884 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78884?

About 1,171 people live in ZIP code 78884, in 448 households, at 5.9 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 78884?

$84,271 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78884?

The closest are 78883 (11.7 mi), 78879 (12.3 mi), 78838 (13.9 mi), 78885 (14.1 mi) and 78055 (17 mi).

Is 78884 a PO Box ZIP code?

78884 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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