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78963

ZIP 78963 is West Point, Texas, in Fayette County; area code 979; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Fayette
Metro area
none
Population
605
Coordinates
29.9169, -97.0288
☼ Live from 78963 — West Point, TX

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Where 78963 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 78963
  • 🔢 Type 78963 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EgGBL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 78,963 = 3 × 26321. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010001110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 78962 (Weimar, TX, 24 mi away) and 79001 (Adrian, TX, 501 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 78963 becomes 36987, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (36879, 37869, 38679, 38769, 38967, 39867, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96378 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,551 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 74%.
  • 🎯690 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 78963 and you would come out at 29.92°S, 82.97°E — 1,500 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 42.3 square miles of land, 78963 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population605This ZIP605
Households297This ZIP297
Housing units313This ZIP313
Median age61.5This ZIP61.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$97,917This ZIP$97,917Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$235,600This ZIP$235,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher22.1%This ZIP22.1%
Mean commute36.3 minThis ZIP36.3 min
Population density14.3 / sq miThis ZIP14.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees40This ZIP40
Annual payroll$1,744,000This ZIP$1,744,000
Tax returns filed430This ZIP430
Total adjusted gross income$29,409,000This ZIP$29,409,000

Land area

Land area42.31 sq miThis ZIP42.31 sq mi
Water area0.34 sq miThis ZIP0.34 sq mi

Other place names in 78963

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ZIP codes near 78963

ZIPCityDistance
78952 Plum, TX 3.9 mi
78949 Muldoon, TX 5.7 mi
78945 La Grange, TX 8.4 mi
78957 Smithville, TX 11.4 mi
78960 Warda, TX 13.0 mi
78941 Flatonia, TX 15.2 mi
78956 Schulenburg, TX 16.9 mi
78942 Giddings, TX 17.3 mi
78953 Rosanky, TX 20.4 mi
78938 Ellinger, TX 20.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 78963?

78963 is in West Point, Texas, in Fayette County. Its published point location is 29.9169, -97.0288.

What county is 78963 in?

78963 lies in Fayette County.

What area code is 78963?

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

What time zone is 78963 in?

78963 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 78963?

About 605 people live in ZIP code 78963, in 297 households, at 14.3 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 78963?

$97,917 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 78963?

The closest are 78952 (3.9 mi), 78949 (5.7 mi), 78945 (8.4 mi), 78957 (11.4 mi) and 78960 (13 mi).

Is 78963 a PO Box ZIP code?

78963 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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