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79735

ZIP 79735 is Fort Stockton, Texas, in Pecos County; area code 432; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pecos
Metro area
none
Population
13,357
Coordinates
30.7862, -102.8512
☼ Live from 79735 — Fort Stockton, TX

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Where 79735 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79735
  • 🔢 Type 79735 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SELGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,735 = 5 × 37 × 431. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011101110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79734 (Fort Davis, TX, 67 mi away) and 79738 (Gail, TX, 158 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79735 becomes 53797, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (39577, 53779, 57379, 57793, 73759, 75379, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97357 in Logsden, OR, 1,490 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯669 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79735 and you would come out at 30.79°S, 77.15°E — 1,332 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 09m.
  • 📏 At 1,238.4 square miles of land, 79735 is bigger than 99% of ZIP codes — room for about 940 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,357This ZIP13,357
Households4,565This ZIP4,565
Housing units5,086This ZIP5,086
Median age36.0This ZIP36.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$78,935This ZIP$78,935Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$174,500This ZIP$174,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$937This ZIP$937Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.7%This ZIP13.7%
Mean commute20.3 minThis ZIP20.3 min
Population density10.8 / sq miThis ZIP10.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments283This ZIP283
Employees2,889This ZIP2,889
Annual payroll$125,665,000This ZIP$125,665,000
Tax returns filed5,000This ZIP5,000
Total adjusted gross income$323,750,000This ZIP$323,750,000

Land area

Land area1,238.44 sq miThis ZIP1,238.44 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 79735

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

ZIP codes near 79735

ZIPCityDistance
79730 Coyanosa, TX 30.5 mi
79743 Imperial, TX 31.3 mi
79740 Girvin, TX 33.4 mi
79742 Grandfalls, TX 39.7 mi
79752 Mc Camey, TX 45.2 mi
79731 Crane, TX 47.6 mi
79780 Saragosa, TX 50.9 mi
79777 Pyote, TX 51.6 mi
79756 Monahans, TX 51.7 mi
79848 Sanderson, TX 53.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79735?

79735 is in Fort Stockton, Texas, in Pecos County. Its published point location is 30.7862, -102.8512.

What county is 79735 in?

79735 lies in Pecos County.

What area code is 79735?

Fort Stockton uses area code 432, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 79735 in?

79735 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79735?

About 13,357 people live in ZIP code 79735, in 4,565 households, at 10.8 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 79735?

$78,935 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79735?

The closest are 79730 (30.5 mi), 79743 (31.3 mi), 79740 (33.4 mi), 79742 (39.7 mi) and 79752 (45.2 mi).

Is 79735 a PO Box ZIP code?

79735 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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