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78956

ZIP 78956 is Schulenburg, Texas, mostly in Fayette County; area code 979; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Fayette +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
5,243
Coordinates
29.6864, -96.9338
☼ Live from 78956 — Schulenburg, TX

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Where 78956 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78956
  • 🔢 Type 78956 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSGBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,956 = 2 × 2 × 19739. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010001101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78954 (Round Top, TX, 28 mi away) and 78957 (Smithville, TX, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78956 becomes 65987, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (58769, 59867, 65789, 65897, 67859, 68759, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96857 in Schofield Barracks, HI, 3,808 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 74%.
  • 🎯707 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78956 and you would come out at 29.69°S, 83.07°E — 1,499 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 14m.
  • 📏 At 169.2 square miles of land, 78956 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 128 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,243This ZIP5,243
Households2,084This ZIP2,084
Housing units2,679This ZIP2,679
Median age43.3This ZIP43.3Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$67,903This ZIP$67,903Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$248,600This ZIP$248,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,031This ZIP$1,031Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.3%This ZIP19.3%
Mean commute24.4 minThis ZIP24.4 min
Population density31.0 / sq miThis ZIP31.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments175This ZIP175
Employees2,235This ZIP2,235
Annual payroll$101,125,000This ZIP$101,125,000
Tax returns filed2,660This ZIP2,660
Total adjusted gross income$225,269,000This ZIP$225,269,000

Land area

Land area169.17 sq miThis ZIP169.17 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Counties 78956 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Fayette County 75.0%
Lavaca County 25.0%

Other place names in 78956

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

ZIP codes near 78956

ZIPCityDistance
78951 Oakland, TX 7.4 mi
77975 Moulton, TX 11.7 mi
78962 Weimar, TX 12.0 mi
78941 Flatonia, TX 13.8 mi
78949 Muldoon, TX 14.2 mi
78938 Ellinger, TX 16.1 mi
78945 La Grange, TX 16.1 mi
77986 Sublime, TX 16.7 mi
78963 West Point, TX 16.9 mi
78952 Plum, TX 17.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78956?

78956 is in Schulenburg, Texas, in Fayette County. Its published point location is 29.6864, -96.9338.

What county is 78956 in?

78956 spans 2 counties: Fayette County and Lavaca County. Most of it falls in Fayette 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 78956?

Schulenburg uses area code 979, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 78956 in?

78956 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78956?

About 5,243 people live in ZIP code 78956, in 2,084 households, at 31.0 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 78956?

$67,903 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78956?

The closest are 78951 (7.4 mi), 77975 (11.7 mi), 78962 (12 mi), 78941 (13.8 mi) and 78949 (14.2 mi).

Is 78956 a PO Box ZIP code?

78956 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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