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79506

ZIP 79506 is Blackwell, Texas, mostly in Nolan County; area code 325; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Nolan +1 more
Metro area
Sweetwater, TX
Population
538
Coordinates
32.1174, -100.3300
☼ Live from 79506 — Blackwell, TX

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Where 79506 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79506
  • 🔢 Type 79506 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOSGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,506 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 631. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011010010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79505 (Benjamin, TX, 104 mi away) and 79508 (Buffalo Gap, TX, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79506 becomes 60597, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05679, 05769, 06759, 06795, 09765, 56097, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09765 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,957 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 80%.
  • 🎯542 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79506 and you would come out at 32.12°S, 79.67°E — 1,287 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 03m.
  • 📏 At 168.3 square miles of land, 79506 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 128 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population538This ZIP538
Households279This ZIP279
Housing units480This ZIP480
Median age60.1This ZIP60.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$63,942This ZIP$63,942Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$113,800This ZIP$113,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$827This ZIP$827Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.5%This ZIP26.5%
Mean commute34.6 minThis ZIP34.6 min
Population density3.2 / sq miThis ZIP3.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees86This ZIP86
Annual payroll$5,645,000This ZIP$5,645,000
Tax returns filed300This ZIP300
Total adjusted gross income$20,961,000This ZIP$20,961,000

Land area

Land area168.25 sq miThis ZIP168.25 sq mi
Water area3.63 sq miThis ZIP3.63 sq mi

Counties 79506 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Nolan County 74.1%
Coke County 25.9%

Other place names in 79506

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

ZIP codes near 79506

ZIPCityDistance
79535 Maryneal, TX 11.4 mi
79537 Nolan, TX 12.7 mi
79566 Wingate, TX 13.1 mi
76933 Bronte, TX 16.6 mi
76865 Norton, TX 21.2 mi
76949 Silver, TX 21.7 mi
79567 Winters, TX 22.5 mi
76945 Robert Lee, TX 23.3 mi
79545 Roscoe, TX 25.0 mi
79556 Sweetwater, TX 25.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79506?

79506 is in Blackwell, Texas, in Nolan County, part of the Sweetwater, TX micropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.1174, -100.3300.

What county is 79506 in?

79506 spans 2 counties: Nolan County and Coke County. Most of it falls in Nolan 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 79506?

Blackwell uses area code 325, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 79506 in?

79506 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79506?

About 538 people live in ZIP code 79506, in 279 households, at 3.2 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 79506?

$63,942 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79506?

The closest are 79535 (11.4 mi), 79537 (12.7 mi), 79566 (13.1 mi), 76933 (16.6 mi) and 76865 (21.2 mi).

Is 79506 a PO Box ZIP code?

79506 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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