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79097

ZIP 79097 is White Deer, Texas, mostly in Carson County; area code 806; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Carson +1 more
Metro area
Amarillo, TX
Population
1,347
Coordinates
35.4306, -101.1739
☼ Live from 79097 — White Deer, TX

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Where 79097 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79097
  • 🔢 Type 79097 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGOGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆79097 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,097 = 19 × 23 × 181. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010011111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79096 (Wheeler, TX, 55 mi away) and 79098 (Wildorado, TX, 62 mi away).
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07799, 07979, 77099, 77990, 79079, 79907, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99770 in Selawik, AK, 3,154 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 80%.
  • 🎯335 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79097 and you would come out at 35.43°S, 78.83°E — 1,056 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 128.9 square miles of land, 79097 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 98 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,347This ZIP1,347
Households486This ZIP486
Housing units600This ZIP600
Median age35.2This ZIP35.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$88,182This ZIP$88,182Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$144,600This ZIP$144,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$866This ZIP$866Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.6%This ZIP19.6%
Mean commute27.6 minThis ZIP27.6 min
Population density10.5 / sq miThis ZIP10.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees363This ZIP363
Annual payroll$33,590,000This ZIP$33,590,000
Tax returns filed530This ZIP530
Total adjusted gross income$41,519,000This ZIP$41,519,000

Land area

Land area128.87 sq miThis ZIP128.87 sq mi
Water area1.43 sq miThis ZIP1.43 sq mi

Counties 79097 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Carson County 94.8%
Gray County 5.2%

Other place names in 79097

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

ZIP codes near 79097

ZIPCityDistance
79066 Pampa, TX 9.2 mi
79039 Groom, TX 13.4 mi
79065 Pampa, TX 16.5 mi
79068 Panhandle, TX 16.8 mi
79080 Skellytown, TX 18.8 mi
79007 Borger, TX 21.2 mi
79054 Lefors, TX 22.0 mi
79008 Borger, TX 23.2 mi
79036 Fritch, TX 23.7 mi
79002 Alanreed, TX 27.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79097?

79097 is in White Deer, Texas, in Carson County, part of the Amarillo, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4306, -101.1739.

What county is 79097 in?

79097 spans 2 counties: Carson County and Gray County. Most of it falls in Carson 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 79097?

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

What time zone is 79097 in?

79097 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79097?

About 1,347 people live in ZIP code 79097, in 486 households, at 10.5 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 79097?

$88,182 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79097?

The closest are 79066 (9.2 mi), 79039 (13.4 mi), 79065 (16.5 mi), 79068 (16.8 mi) and 79080 (18.8 mi).

Is 79097 a PO Box ZIP code?

79097 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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