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79041

ZIP 79041 is Hale Center, Texas, mostly in Hale County; area code 806; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hale +1 more
Metro area
Plainview, TX
Population
2,861
Coordinates
34.0433, -101.9320
☼ Live from 79041 — Hale Center, TX

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Where 79041 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79041
  • 🔢 Type 79041 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhOGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,041 = 3 × 26347. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010011000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79040 (Gruver, TX, 157 mi away) and 79042 (Happy, TX, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79041 becomes 14097, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01749, 04917, 04971, 07419, 09471, 09714, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09714 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,064 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯440 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79041 and you would come out at 34.04°S, 78.07°E — 1,131 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
  • 📏 At 282.6 square miles of land, 79041 is bigger than 94% of ZIP codes — room for about 215 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,861This ZIP2,861
Households1,009This ZIP1,009
Housing units1,255This ZIP1,255
Median age47.2This ZIP47.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$61,832This ZIP$61,832Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$101,000This ZIP$101,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$587This ZIP$587Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.9%This ZIP10.9%
Mean commute18.4 minThis ZIP18.4 min
Population density10.1 / sq miThis ZIP10.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees147This ZIP147
Annual payroll$4,930,000This ZIP$4,930,000
Tax returns filed1,130This ZIP1,130
Total adjusted gross income$58,884,000This ZIP$58,884,000

Land area

Land area282.57 sq miThis ZIP282.57 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Counties 79041 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Hale County 96.1%
Lamb County 3.9%

Other place names in 79041

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

ZIP codes near 79041

ZIPCityDistance
79021 Cotton Center, TX 5.4 mi
79073 Plainview, TX 6.1 mi
79311 Abernathy, TX 13.1 mi
79072 Plainview, TX 13.9 mi
79064 Olton, TX 14.3 mi
79369 Spade, TX 14.7 mi
79326 Fieldton, TX 16.6 mi
79032 Edmonson, TX 17.0 mi
79313 Anton, TX 20.6 mi
79312 Amherst, TX 21.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79041?

79041 is in Hale Center, Texas, in Hale County, part of the Plainview, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.0433, -101.9320.

What county is 79041 in?

79041 spans 2 counties: Hale County and Lamb County. Most of it falls in Hale 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 79041?

Hale Center uses area code 806, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 79041 in?

79041 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79041?

About 2,861 people live in ZIP code 79041, in 1,009 households, at 10.1 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 79041?

$61,832 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79041?

The closest are 79021 (5.4 mi), 79073 (6.1 mi), 79311 (13.1 mi), 79072 (13.9 mi) and 79064 (14.3 mi).

Is 79041 a PO Box ZIP code?

79041 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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