Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/79102

79102

ZIP 79102 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
9,393
Coordinates
35.2013, -101.8492
☼ Live from 79102 — Amarillo, TX

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 79102 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79102
  • 🔢 Type 79102 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOIGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,102 = 2 × 39551. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010011111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79101 (Amarillo, TX, 1 mi away) and 79103 (Amarillo, TX, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79102 becomes 20197 — and that is a real ZIP code: Waterford, VA, 1,357 miles away.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02719, 02791, 02917, 07192, 07921, 09172, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09172 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,376 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 79102 and you would come out at 35.20°S, 78.15°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 2.7 square miles of land, 79102 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.1 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 79102 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population9,393This ZIP9,393
Households4,046This ZIP4,046
Housing units4,711This ZIP4,711
Median age33.2This ZIP33.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$51,125This ZIP$51,125Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$153,100This ZIP$153,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,028This ZIP$1,028Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.9%This ZIP19.9%
Mean commute21.4 minThis ZIP21.4 min
Population density3,447.0 / sq miThis ZIP3,447.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments268This ZIP268
Employees3,423This ZIP3,423
Annual payroll$159,102,000This ZIP$159,102,000
Tax returns filed3,950This ZIP3,950
Total adjusted gross income$204,011,000This ZIP$204,011,000

Land area

Land area2.73 sq miThis ZIP2.73 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 79102

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

ZIP codes near 79102

ZIPCityDistance
79101 Amarillo, TX 0.6 mi
79159 Amarillo, TX 1.8 mi
79106 Amarillo, TX 2.4 mi
79120 Amarillo, TX 2.6 mi
79103 Amarillo, TX 3.1 mi
79109 Amarillo, TX 3.2 mi
79104 Amarillo, TX 3.3 mi
79110 Amarillo, TX 3.7 mi
79107 Amarillo, TX 3.7 mi
79121 Amarillo, TX 4.9 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 79102 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79102?

79102 is in Amarillo, Texas, in Potter County, part of the Amarillo, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2013, -101.8492.

What county is 79102 in?

79102 lies in Potter County.

What area code is 79102?

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

What time zone is 79102 in?

79102 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79102?

About 9,393 people live in ZIP code 79102, in 4,046 households, at 3,447.0 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 79102?

$51,125 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79102?

The closest are 79101 (0.6 mi), 79159 (1.8 mi), 79106 (2.4 mi), 79120 (2.6 mi) and 79103 (3.1 mi).

Is 79102 a PO Box ZIP code?

79102 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “79102 ZIP Code — Amarillo, Texas (Potter County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/79102

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/79102.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.