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79366

ZIP 79366 is Ransom Canyon, Texas, in Lubbock County; area code 806; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lubbock
Metro area
Lubbock, TX
Population
1,041
Coordinates
33.5303, -101.6853
☼ Live from 79366 — Ransom Canyon, TX

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Where 79366 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79366
  • 🔢 Type 79366 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ggEGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,366 = 2 × 7 × 5669. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011000000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79364 (Slaton, TX, 7 mi away) and 79367 (Smyer, TX, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79366 becomes 66397, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (36769, 37669, 39667, 39766, 63769, 63967, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96376 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,186 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯468 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79366 and you would come out at 33.53°S, 78.31°E — 1,169 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
  • 📏 At 0.812 square miles of land, 79366 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 393 football fields.
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People and housing

Population1,041This ZIP1,041
Households441This ZIP441
Housing units511This ZIP511
Median age50.4This ZIP50.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$113,950This ZIP$113,950Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$341,000This ZIP$341,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher49.1%This ZIP49.1%
Mean commute28.1 minThis ZIP28.1 min
Population density1,282.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,282.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees33This ZIP33
Annual payroll$1,215,000This ZIP$1,215,000
Tax returns filed510This ZIP510
Total adjusted gross income$66,244,000This ZIP$66,244,000

Land area

Land area0.81 sq miThis ZIP0.81 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Other place names in 79366

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ZIP codes near 79366

ZIPCityDistance
79404 Lubbock, TX 6.2 mi
79364 Slaton, TX 6.6 mi
79403 Lubbock, TX 8.9 mi
79430 Lubbock, TX 9.6 mi
79452 Lubbock, TX 9.6 mi
79490 Lubbock, TX 9.6 mi
79491 Lubbock, TX 9.6 mi
79493 Lubbock, TX 9.6 mi
79499 Lubbock, TX 9.6 mi
79402 Lubbock, TX 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79366?

79366 is in Ransom Canyon, Texas, in Lubbock County, part of the Lubbock, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.5303, -101.6853.

What county is 79366 in?

79366 lies in Lubbock County.

What area code is 79366?

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

What time zone is 79366 in?

79366 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79366?

About 1,041 people live in ZIP code 79366, in 441 households, at 1,282.0 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 79366?

$113,950 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79366?

The closest are 79404 (6.2 mi), 79364 (6.6 mi), 79403 (8.9 mi), 79430 (9.6 mi) and 79452 (9.6 mi).

Is 79366 a PO Box ZIP code?

79366 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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