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79101

ZIP 79101 is in Amarillo, Texas, in Potter County; area code 806; Central time. Amarillo has 27 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Potter
Metro area
Amarillo, TX
Population
2,526
Coordinates
35.2061, -101.8395
☼ Live from 79101 — Amarillo, TX

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Where 79101 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79101
  • 🔢 Type 79101 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOIGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,101 = 3 × 3 × 11 × 17 × 47. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010011111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79098 (Wildorado, TX, 22 mi away) and 79102 (Amarillo, TX, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79101 becomes 10197, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01719, 01971, 07191, 09171, 10179, 10917, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09171 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,069 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯366 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79101 and you would come out at 35.21°S, 78.16°E — 1,057 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 1.6 square miles of land, 79101 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,526This ZIP2,526
Households1,135This ZIP1,135
Housing units1,388This ZIP1,388
Median age48.1This ZIP48.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$47,759This ZIP$47,759Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$167,600This ZIP$167,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$946This ZIP$946Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.0%This ZIP21.0%
Mean commute21.5 minThis ZIP21.5 min
Population density1,581.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,581.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments630This ZIP630
Employees8,862This ZIP8,862
Annual payroll$725,905,000This ZIP$725,905,000
Tax returns filed1,030This ZIP1,030
Total adjusted gross income$122,824,000This ZIP$122,824,000

Land area

Land area1.60 sq miThis ZIP1.60 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 79101

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ZIP codes near 79101

ZIPCityDistance
79102 Amarillo, TX 0.6 mi
79159 Amarillo, TX 1.2 mi
79120 Amarillo, TX 2.1 mi
79103 Amarillo, TX 2.8 mi
79104 Amarillo, TX 2.8 mi
79106 Amarillo, TX 3.0 mi
79107 Amarillo, TX 3.1 mi
79109 Amarillo, TX 3.8 mi
79110 Amarillo, TX 4.2 mi
79121 Amarillo, TX 5.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79101?

79101 is in Amarillo, Texas, in Potter County, part of the Amarillo, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2061, -101.8395.

What county is 79101 in?

79101 lies in Potter County.

What area code is 79101?

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

What time zone is 79101 in?

79101 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79101?

About 2,526 people live in ZIP code 79101, in 1,135 households, at 1,581.7 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 79101?

$47,759 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79101?

The closest are 79102 (0.6 mi), 79159 (1.2 mi), 79120 (2.1 mi), 79103 (2.8 mi) and 79104 (2.8 mi).

Is 79101 a PO Box ZIP code?

79101 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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