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79363

ZIP 79363 is Shallowater, Texas, mostly in Lubbock County; area code 806; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lubbock +1 more
Metro area
Lubbock, TX
Population
5,717
Coordinates
33.7077, -102.0450
☼ Live from 79363 — Shallowater, TX

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Where 79363 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79363
  • 🔢 Type 79363 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EgEGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,363 = 19 × 4177. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011000000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79360 (Seminole, TX, 81 mi away) and 79364 (Slaton, TX, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79363 becomes 36397, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33679, 33769, 33967, 33976, 36793, 37369, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96373 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,152 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯464 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79363 and you would come out at 33.71°S, 77.95°E — 1,151 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 55m.
  • 📏 At 108.1 square miles of land, 79363 is bigger than 80% of ZIP codes — room for about 82 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,717This ZIP5,717
Households2,019This ZIP2,019
Housing units2,170This ZIP2,170
Median age36.6This ZIP36.6Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$96,128This ZIP$96,128Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$210,100This ZIP$210,100Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,124This ZIP$1,124Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.0%This ZIP29.0%
Mean commute22.4 minThis ZIP22.4 min
Population density52.9 / sq miThis ZIP52.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments106This ZIP106
Employees1,029This ZIP1,029
Annual payroll$51,654,000This ZIP$51,654,000
Tax returns filed2,860This ZIP2,860
Total adjusted gross income$262,021,000This ZIP$262,021,000

Land area

Land area108.11 sq miThis ZIP108.11 sq mi
Water area0.47 sq miThis ZIP0.47 sq mi

Counties 79363 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lubbock County 83.8%
Hockley County 16.3%

Other place names in 79363

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

ZIP codes near 79363

ZIPCityDistance
79416 Lubbock, TX 8.3 mi
79415 Lubbock, TX 8.5 mi
79313 Anton, TX 9.8 mi
79407 Lubbock, TX 10.4 mi
79367 Smyer, TX 10.8 mi
79408 Lubbock, TX 11.9 mi
79350 New Deal, TX 12.7 mi
79406 Lubbock, TX 12.8 mi
79410 Lubbock, TX 13.0 mi
79414 Lubbock, TX 13.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79363?

79363 is in Shallowater, Texas, in Lubbock County, part of the Lubbock, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7077, -102.0450.

What county is 79363 in?

79363 spans 2 counties: Lubbock County and Hockley County. Most of it falls in Lubbock 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 79363?

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

What time zone is 79363 in?

79363 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79363?

About 5,717 people live in ZIP code 79363, in 2,019 households, at 52.9 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 79363?

$96,128 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79363?

The closest are 79416 (8.3 mi), 79415 (8.5 mi), 79313 (9.8 mi), 79407 (10.4 mi) and 79367 (10.8 mi).

Is 79363 a PO Box ZIP code?

79363 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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