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79407

ZIP 79407 is in Lubbock, Texas, mostly in Hockley County; area code 806; Central time. Lubbock has 26 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hockley +1 more
Metro area
Lubbock, TX
Population
24,000
Coordinates
33.5615, -102.0857
☼ Live from 79407 — Lubbock, TX

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Where 79407 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79407
  • 🔢 Type 79407 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LOhGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,407 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 17 × 173. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011000101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79406 (Lubbock, TX, 12 mi away) and 79408 (Lubbock, TX, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79407 becomes 70497, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04779, 07974, 09747, 09774, 40977, 47907, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09747 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,917 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯474 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79407 and you would come out at 33.56°S, 77.91°E — 1,160 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 75.9 square miles of land, 79407 is bigger than 71% of ZIP codes — room for about 58 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population24,000This ZIP24,000
Households11,432This ZIP11,432
Housing units12,511This ZIP12,511
Median age29.5This ZIP29.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$61,509This ZIP$61,509Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$205,200This ZIP$205,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,156This ZIP$1,156Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.0%This ZIP38.0%
Mean commute17.5 minThis ZIP17.5 min
Population density316.2 / sq miThis ZIP316.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments551This ZIP551
Employees12,326This ZIP12,326
Annual payroll$494,881,000This ZIP$494,881,000
Tax returns filed11,790This ZIP11,790
Total adjusted gross income$981,438,000This ZIP$981,438,000

Land area

Land area75.91 sq miThis ZIP75.91 sq mi
Water area0.18 sq miThis ZIP0.18 sq mi

Counties 79407 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Hockley County 62.5%
Lubbock County 37.5%

Other place names in 79407

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

ZIP codes near 79407

ZIPCityDistance
79367 Smyer, TX 5.1 mi
79416 Lubbock, TX 6.5 mi
79464 Lubbock, TX 6.6 mi
79382 Wolfforth, TX 7.5 mi
79408 Lubbock, TX 9.2 mi
79414 Lubbock, TX 9.6 mi
79363 Shallowater, TX 10.4 mi
79424 Lubbock, TX 10.9 mi
79410 Lubbock, TX 11.2 mi
79413 Lubbock, TX 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79407?

79407 is in Lubbock, Texas, in Hockley County, part of the Lubbock, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.5615, -102.0857.

What county is 79407 in?

79407 spans 2 counties: Hockley County and Lubbock County. Most of it falls in Hockley 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 79407?

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

What time zone is 79407 in?

79407 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79407?

About 24,000 people live in ZIP code 79407, in 11,432 households, at 316.2 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 79407?

$61,509 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79407?

The closest are 79367 (5.1 mi), 79416 (6.5 mi), 79464 (6.6 mi), 79382 (7.5 mi) and 79408 (9.2 mi).

Is 79407 a PO Box ZIP code?

79407 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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