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79118

ZIP 79118 is in Amarillo, Texas, mostly in Randall County; area code 806; Central time. Amarillo has 27 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Randall +2 more
Metro area
Amarillo, TX
Population
28,107
Coordinates
35.1064, -101.7399
☼ Live from 79118 — Amarillo, TX

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Where 79118 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79118
  • 🔢 Type 79118 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BIIGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,118 = 2 × 13 × 17 × 179. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010100001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79117 (Amarillo, TX, 15 mi away) and 79119 (Amarillo, TX, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79118 becomes 81197, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11789, 11798, 11978, 17981, 18917, 18971, …). The farthest-flung twin is 11978 in Westhampton Beach, NY, 1,626 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯369 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79118 and you would come out at 35.11°S, 78.26°E — 1,065 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 159.4 square miles of land, 79118 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 121 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,107This ZIP28,107
Households10,288This ZIP10,288
Housing units10,975This ZIP10,975
Median age36.6This ZIP36.6Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$87,810This ZIP$87,810Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$234,500This ZIP$234,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,348This ZIP$1,348Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.2%This ZIP27.2%
Mean commute21.9 minThis ZIP21.9 min
Population density176.4 / sq miThis ZIP176.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments448This ZIP448
Employees8,375This ZIP8,375
Annual payroll$486,389,000This ZIP$486,389,000
Tax returns filed12,780This ZIP12,780
Total adjusted gross income$1,082,188,000This ZIP$1,082,188,000

Land area

Land area159.36 sq miThis ZIP159.36 sq mi
Water area3.80 sq miThis ZIP3.80 sq mi

Counties 79118 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Randall County 93.1%
Potter County 6.5%
Armstrong County 0.5%

Other place names in 79118

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ZIP codes near 79118

ZIPCityDistance
79114 Amarillo, TX 5.9 mi
79103 Amarillo, TX 6.3 mi
79104 Amarillo, TX 7.1 mi
79120 Amarillo, TX 7.2 mi
79110 Amarillo, TX 8.0 mi
79111 Amarillo, TX 8.1 mi
79101 Amarillo, TX 8.9 mi
79102 Amarillo, TX 9.0 mi
79107 Amarillo, TX 9.2 mi
79109 Amarillo, TX 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79118?

79118 is in Amarillo, Texas, in Randall County, part of the Amarillo, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1064, -101.7399.

What county is 79118 in?

79118 spans 3 counties: Randall County, Potter County and Armstrong County. Most of it falls in Randall 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 79118?

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

What time zone is 79118 in?

79118 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79118?

About 28,107 people live in ZIP code 79118, in 10,288 households, at 176.4 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 79118?

$87,810 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79118?

The closest are 79114 (5.9 mi), 79103 (6.3 mi), 79104 (7.1 mi), 79120 (7.2 mi) and 79110 (8 mi).

Is 79118 a PO Box ZIP code?

79118 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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