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79606

ZIP 79606 is in Abilene, Texas, in Taylor County; area code 325; Central time. Abilene has 10 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Taylor
Metro area
Abilene, TX
Population
29,182
Coordinates
32.3628, -99.8173
☼ Live from 79606 — Abilene, TX

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Where 79606 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79606
  • 🔢 Type 79606 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOgGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,606 = 2 × 53 × 751. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011011110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79605 (Abilene, TX, 5 mi away) and 79607 (Dyess Afb, TX, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79606 becomes 60697 — and that is a real ZIP code: Chicago, IL, 933 miles away.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06796, 09766, 60697, 60967, 66079, 66097, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09766 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,927 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯520 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79606 and you would come out at 32.36°S, 80.18°E — 1,281 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 01m.
  • 📏 At 69.5 square miles of land, 79606 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,182This ZIP29,182
Households12,267This ZIP12,267
Housing units13,710This ZIP13,710
Median age34.3This ZIP34.3Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$79,196This ZIP$79,196Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$272,600This ZIP$272,600Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,194This ZIP$1,194Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher37.8%This ZIP37.8%
Mean commute17.1 minThis ZIP17.1 min
Population density419.6 / sq miThis ZIP419.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments691This ZIP691
Employees13,541This ZIP13,541
Annual payroll$562,742,000This ZIP$562,742,000
Tax returns filed13,490This ZIP13,490
Total adjusted gross income$1,239,147,000This ZIP$1,239,147,000

Land area

Land area69.55 sq miThis ZIP69.55 sq mi
Water area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi

Other place names in 79606

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ZIP codes near 79606

ZIPCityDistance
79607 Dyess Afb, TX 4.4 mi
79605 Abilene, TX 5.4 mi
79563 Tye, TX 6.4 mi
79508 Buffalo Gap, TX 6.5 mi
79603 Abilene, TX 6.8 mi
79604 Abilene, TX 7.7 mi
79608 Abilene, TX 7.7 mi
79697 Abilene, TX 7.7 mi
79602 Abilene, TX 8.9 mi
79699 Abilene, TX 9.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79606?

79606 is in Abilene, Texas, in Taylor County, part of the Abilene, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.3628, -99.8173.

What county is 79606 in?

79606 lies in Taylor County.

What area code is 79606?

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

What time zone is 79606 in?

79606 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79606?

About 29,182 people live in ZIP code 79606, in 12,267 households, at 419.6 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 79606?

$79,196 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79606?

The closest are 79607 (4.4 mi), 79605 (5.4 mi), 79563 (6.4 mi), 79508 (6.5 mi) and 79603 (6.8 mi).

Is 79606 a PO Box ZIP code?

79606 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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