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79250

ZIP 79250 is Petersburg, Texas, mostly in Hale County; area code 806; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hale +3 more
Metro area
Plainview, TX
Population
980
Coordinates
33.8943, -101.5985
☼ Live from 79250 — Petersburg, TX

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Where 79250 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79250
  • 🔢 Type 79250 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSZGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,250 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 317. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010110010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79248 (Paducah, TX, 79 mi away) and 79251 (Quail, TX, 98 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79250 becomes 05297, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09725, 20579, 20597, 20759, 25079, 25709, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09725 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,815 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯443 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79250 and you would come out at 33.89°S, 78.40°E — 1,147 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 161.4 square miles of land, 79250 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 123 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population980This ZIP980
Households415This ZIP415
Housing units597This ZIP597
Median age49.4This ZIP49.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$54,917This ZIP$54,917Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$78,600This ZIP$78,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$645This ZIP$645Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.7%This ZIP15.7%
Mean commute28.4 minThis ZIP28.4 min
Population density6.1 / sq miThis ZIP6.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments18This ZIP18
Employees149This ZIP149
Annual payroll$8,234,000This ZIP$8,234,000
Tax returns filed490This ZIP490
Total adjusted gross income$31,338,000This ZIP$31,338,000

Land area

Land area161.38 sq miThis ZIP161.38 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Counties 79250 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Hale County 58.1%
Floyd County 19.0%
Lubbock County 11.5%
Crosby County 11.4%

Other place names in 79250

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ZIP codes near 79250

ZIPCityDistance
79329 Idalou, TX 13.4 mi
79311 Abernathy, TX 16.4 mi
79350 New Deal, TX 17.2 mi
79343 Lorenzo, TX 17.4 mi
79221 Aiken, TX 17.6 mi
79235 Floydada, TX 19.5 mi
79403 Lubbock, TX 19.6 mi
79357 Ralls, TX 20.4 mi
79073 Plainview, TX 20.6 mi
79072 Plainview, TX 20.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79250?

79250 is in Petersburg, Texas, in Hale County, part of the Plainview, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.8943, -101.5985.

What county is 79250 in?

79250 spans 4 counties: Hale County, Floyd County, Lubbock County and Crosby County. Most of it falls in Hale 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 79250?

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

What time zone is 79250 in?

79250 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79250?

About 980 people live in ZIP code 79250, in 415 households, at 6.1 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 79250?

$54,917 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79250?

The closest are 79329 (13.4 mi), 79311 (16.4 mi), 79350 (17.2 mi), 79343 (17.4 mi) and 79221 (17.6 mi).

Is 79250 a PO Box ZIP code?

79250 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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