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79311

ZIP 79311 is Abernathy, Texas, mostly in Hale County; area code 806; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hale +1 more
Metro area
Plainview, TX
Population
3,536
Coordinates
33.8579, -101.8815
☼ Live from 79311 — Abernathy, TX

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Where 79311 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79311
  • 🔢 Type 79311 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIEGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,311 = 3 × 26437. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011010111001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79261 (Turkey, TX, 71 mi away) and 79312 (Amherst, TX, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79311 becomes 11397, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11379, 11739, 11793, 11937, 11973, 17319, …). The farthest-flung twin is 11937 in East Hampton, NY, 1,692 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯451 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79311 and you would come out at 33.86°S, 78.12°E — 1,144 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 192.1 square miles of land, 79311 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 146 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,536This ZIP3,536
Households1,295This ZIP1,295
Housing units1,492This ZIP1,492
Median age37.3This ZIP37.3Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$81,985This ZIP$81,985Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$176,800This ZIP$176,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$868This ZIP$868Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.5%This ZIP26.5%
Mean commute21.9 minThis ZIP21.9 min
Population density18.4 / sq miThis ZIP18.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments58This ZIP58
Employees411This ZIP411
Annual payroll$21,665,000This ZIP$21,665,000
Tax returns filed1,330This ZIP1,330
Total adjusted gross income$100,393,000This ZIP$100,393,000

Land area

Land area192.12 sq miThis ZIP192.12 sq mi
Water area0.20 sq miThis ZIP0.20 sq mi

Counties 79311 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Hale County 74.0%
Lubbock County 26.0%

Other place names in 79311

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

ZIP codes near 79311

ZIPCityDistance
79073 Plainview, TX 7.8 mi
79350 New Deal, TX 9.3 mi
79021 Cotton Center, TX 10.8 mi
79415 Lubbock, TX 10.9 mi
79041 Hale Center, TX 13.1 mi
79363 Shallowater, TX 14.0 mi
79329 Idalou, TX 14.6 mi
79313 Anton, TX 16.3 mi
79403 Lubbock, TX 16.4 mi
79250 Petersburg, TX 16.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79311?

79311 is in Abernathy, Texas, in Hale County, part of the Plainview, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.8579, -101.8815.

What county is 79311 in?

79311 spans 2 counties: Hale County and Lubbock 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 79311?

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

What time zone is 79311 in?

79311 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79311?

About 3,536 people live in ZIP code 79311, in 1,295 households, at 18.4 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 79311?

$81,985 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79311?

The closest are 79073 (7.8 mi), 79350 (9.3 mi), 79021 (10.8 mi), 79415 (10.9 mi) and 79041 (13.1 mi).

Is 79311 a PO Box ZIP code?

79311 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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