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79401

ZIP 79401 is in Lubbock, Texas, in Lubbock County; area code 806; Central time. Lubbock has 26 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lubbock
Metro area
Lubbock, TX
Population
8,741
Coordinates
33.5868, -101.8518
☼ Live from 79401 — Lubbock, TX

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Where 79401 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79401
  • 🔢 Type 79401 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOhGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,401 = 3 × 7 × 19 × 199. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011000101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79383 (New Home, TX, 18 mi away) and 79402 (Lubbock, TX, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79401 becomes 10497, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01749, 04917, 04971, 07419, 09471, 09714, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09714 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,086 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 79401 and you would come out at 33.59°S, 78.15°E — 1,162 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 2.5 square miles of land, 79401 is bigger than 13% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,741This ZIP8,741
Households3,906This ZIP3,906
Housing units4,860This ZIP4,860
Median age23.4This ZIP23.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$26,980This ZIP$26,980Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$105,600This ZIP$105,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,092This ZIP$1,092Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.8%This ZIP24.8%
Mean commute13.4 minThis ZIP13.4 min
Population density3,472.8 / sq miThis ZIP3,472.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments593This ZIP593
Employees8,849This ZIP8,849
Annual payroll$415,129,000This ZIP$415,129,000
Tax returns filed2,080This ZIP2,080
Total adjusted gross income$79,631,000This ZIP$79,631,000

Land area

Land area2.52 sq miThis ZIP2.52 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 79401

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

ZIP codes near 79401

ZIPCityDistance
79409 Lubbock, TX 0.6 mi
79453 Lubbock, TX 0.6 mi
79457 Lubbock, TX 0.6 mi
79402 Lubbock, TX 0.7 mi
79411 Lubbock, TX 1.2 mi
79406 Lubbock, TX 1.5 mi
79430 Lubbock, TX 2.4 mi
79452 Lubbock, TX 2.4 mi
79490 Lubbock, TX 2.4 mi
79491 Lubbock, TX 2.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79401?

79401 is in Lubbock, Texas, in Lubbock County, part of the Lubbock, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.5868, -101.8518.

What county is 79401 in?

79401 lies in Lubbock County.

What area code is 79401?

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

What time zone is 79401 in?

79401 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79401?

About 8,741 people live in ZIP code 79401, in 3,906 households, at 3,472.8 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 79401?

$26,980 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79401?

The closest are 79409 (0.6 mi), 79453 (0.6 mi), 79457 (0.6 mi), 79402 (0.7 mi) and 79411 (1.2 mi).

Is 79401 a PO Box ZIP code?

79401 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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