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79080

ZIP 79080 is Skellytown, Texas, mostly in Hutchinson County; area code 806; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hutchinson +1 more
Metro area
Borger, TX
Population
541
Coordinates
35.7015, -101.2127
☼ Live from 79080 — Skellytown, TX

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Where 79080 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79080
  • 🔢 Type 79080 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OBOGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,080 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 659. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010011101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79079 (Shamrock, TX, 64 mi away) and 79081 (Spearman, TX, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79080 becomes 08097 — and that is a real ZIP code: Woodbury Heights, NJ, 1,446 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00978, 00987, 07890, 07980, 08079, 08097, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09078 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,020 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 80%.
  • 🎯319 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79080 and you would come out at 35.70°S, 78.79°E — 1,037 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 44m.
  • 📏 At 193.2 square miles of land, 79080 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 147 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population541This ZIP541
Households199This ZIP199
Housing units317This ZIP317
Median age44.5This ZIP44.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$55,313This ZIP$55,313Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$41,700This ZIP$41,700Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$894This ZIP$894Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.9%This ZIP13.9%
Mean commute26.0 minThis ZIP26.0 min
Population density2.8 / sq miThis ZIP2.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees46This ZIP46
Annual payroll$6,057,000This ZIP$6,057,000
Tax returns filed200This ZIP200
Total adjusted gross income$15,341,000This ZIP$15,341,000

Land area

Land area193.21 sq miThis ZIP193.21 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Counties 79080 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Hutchinson County 86.0%
Carson County 14.0%

Other place names in 79080

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ZIP codes near 79080

ZIPCityDistance
79007 Borger, TX 11.4 mi
79008 Borger, TX 11.8 mi
79066 Pampa, TX 17.2 mi
79097 White Deer, TX 18.8 mi
79078 Sanford, TX 18.9 mi
79036 Fritch, TX 20.1 mi
79083 Stinnett, TX 20.4 mi
79065 Pampa, TX 21.7 mi
79062 Morse, TX 26.6 mi
79059 Miami, TX 27.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79080?

79080 is in Skellytown, Texas, in Hutchinson County, part of the Borger, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.7015, -101.2127.

What county is 79080 in?

79080 spans 2 counties: Hutchinson County and Carson County. Most of it falls in Hutchinson 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 79080?

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

What time zone is 79080 in?

79080 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79080?

About 541 people live in ZIP code 79080, in 199 households, at 2.8 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 79080?

$55,313 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79080?

The closest are 79007 (11.4 mi), 79008 (11.8 mi), 79066 (17.2 mi), 79097 (18.8 mi) and 79078 (18.9 mi).

Is 79080 a PO Box ZIP code?

79080 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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