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79430

ZIP 79430 is in Lubbock, Texas, in Lubbock County; area code 806; Central time. Lubbock has 26 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lubbock
Metro area
Lubbock, TX
Coordinates
33.6100, -101.8213

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 79403, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 79430 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79430
  • 🔢 Type 79430 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEhGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,430 = 2 × 5 × 13 × 13 × 47. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011001000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79424 (Lubbock, TX, 12 mi away) and 79452 (Lubbock, TX, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79430 becomes 03497, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03749, 04739, 04937, 04973, 07439, 07934, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09734 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,907 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯466 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79430 and you would come out at 33.61°S, 78.18°E — 1,161 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.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees7This ZIP7
Annual payroll$420,000This ZIP$420,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 79430

ZIPCityDistance
79452 Lubbock, TX 0.0 mi
79490 Lubbock, TX 0.0 mi
79491 Lubbock, TX 0.0 mi
79493 Lubbock, TX 0.0 mi
79499 Lubbock, TX 0.0 mi
79402 Lubbock, TX 2.3 mi
79401 Lubbock, TX 2.4 mi
79409 Lubbock, TX 3.0 mi
79453 Lubbock, TX 3.0 mi
79457 Lubbock, TX 3.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79430?

79430 is in Lubbock, Texas, in Lubbock County, part of the Lubbock, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.6100, -101.8213.

What county is 79430 in?

79430 lies in Lubbock County.

What area code is 79430?

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

What time zone is 79430 in?

79430 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 79430?

The closest are 79452 (0 mi), 79490 (0 mi), 79491 (0 mi), 79493 (0 mi) and 79499 (0 mi).

Is 79430 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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