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78953

ZIP 78953 is Rosanky, Texas, mostly in Bastrop County; area code 830; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bastrop +1 more
Population
1,089
Coordinates
29.8440, -97.3583
☼ Live from 78953 — Rosanky, TX

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Where 78953 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78953
  • 🔢 Type 78953 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESGBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,953 = 7 × 11279. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010001101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78952 (Plum, TX, 24 mi away) and 78954 (Round Top, TX, 42 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78953 becomes 35987 — and that is a real ZIP code: Steele, AL, 710 miles away.
  • 👥 39 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35897, 35978, 35987, 38579, 38759, 38957, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98357 in Neah Bay, WA, 1,924 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 75%.
  • 🎯693 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78953 and you would come out at 29.84°S, 82.64°E — 1,497 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 114.9 square miles of land, 78953 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 87 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,089This ZIP1,089
Households575This ZIP575
Housing units640This ZIP640
Median age49.6This ZIP49.6Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$83,438This ZIP$83,438Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$325,400This ZIP$325,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher19.2%This ZIP19.2%
Mean commute29.8 minThis ZIP29.8 min
Population density9.5 / sq miThis ZIP9.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees89This ZIP89
Annual payroll$3,126,000This ZIP$3,126,000
Tax returns filed550This ZIP550
Total adjusted gross income$47,914,000This ZIP$47,914,000

Land area

Land area114.85 sq miThis ZIP114.85 sq mi
Water area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi

Counties 78953 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Bastrop County 65.2%
Caldwell County 34.8%

Other place names in 78953

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

ZIP codes near 78953

ZIPCityDistance
78662 Red Rock, TX 8.6 mi
78959 Waelder, TX 10.5 mi
78632 Harwood, TX 12.9 mi
78616 Dale, TX 13.0 mi
78941 Flatonia, TX 14.4 mi
78957 Smithville, TX 15.8 mi
78949 Muldoon, TX 16.7 mi
78644 Lockhart, TX 19.0 mi
78612 Cedar Creek, TX 19.1 mi
78648 Luling, TX 19.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78953?

78953 is in Rosanky, Texas, in Bastrop County, part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.8440, -97.3583.

What county is 78953 in?

78953 spans 2 counties: Bastrop County and Caldwell County. Most of it falls in Bastrop 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 78953?

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

What time zone is 78953 in?

78953 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78953?

About 1,089 people live in ZIP code 78953, in 575 households, at 9.5 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 78953?

$83,438 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78953?

The closest are 78662 (8.6 mi), 78959 (10.5 mi), 78632 (12.9 mi), 78616 (13 mi) and 78941 (14.4 mi).

Is 78953 a PO Box ZIP code?

78953 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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