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79739

ZIP 79739 is Garden City, Texas, mostly in Glasscock County; area code 432; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Glasscock +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
780
Coordinates
31.7693, -101.5064
☼ Live from 79739 — Garden City, TX

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Where 79739 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79739
  • 🔢 Type 79739 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GELGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,739 = 11 × 11 × 659. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011101111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79738 (Gail, TX, 68 mi away) and 79740 (Girvin, TX, 71 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79739 becomes 93797, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37997, 77399, 77993, 79379, 79937, 93779, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99773 in Shungnak, AK, 3,299 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 80%.
  • 🎯580 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79739 and you would come out at 31.77°S, 78.49°E — 1,288 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 04m.
  • 📏 At 434.7 square miles of land, 79739 is bigger than 97% of ZIP codes — room for about 330 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population780This ZIP780
Households352This ZIP352
Housing units426This ZIP426
Median age37.4This ZIP37.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$79,352This ZIP$79,352Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$258,000This ZIP$258,000Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$648This ZIP$648Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.6%This ZIP29.6%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density1.8 / sq miThis ZIP1.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees483This ZIP483
Annual payroll$63,115,000This ZIP$63,115,000
Tax returns filed510This ZIP510
Total adjusted gross income$110,080,000This ZIP$110,080,000

Land area

Land area434.65 sq miThis ZIP434.65 sq mi
Water area0.30 sq miThis ZIP0.30 sq mi

Counties 79739 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Glasscock County 91.3%
Reagan County 8.7%

Other place names in 79739

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

ZIP codes near 79739

ZIPCityDistance
79733 Forsan, TX 24.9 mi
76951 Sterling City, TX 26.6 mi
79706 Midland, TX 27.7 mi
79720 Big Spring, TX 29.8 mi
79721 Big Spring, TX 31.5 mi
79704 Midland, TX 31.6 mi
79708 Midland, TX 31.6 mi
79710 Midland, TX 31.6 mi
79712 Midland, TX 31.6 mi
79755 Midkiff, TX 33.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79739?

79739 is in Garden City, Texas, in Glasscock County. Its published point location is 31.7693, -101.5064.

What county is 79739 in?

79739 spans 2 counties: Glasscock County and Reagan County. Most of it falls in Glasscock 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 79739?

Garden City uses area code 432, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 79739 in?

79739 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 79739?

About 780 people live in ZIP code 79739, in 352 households, at 1.8 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 79739?

$79,352 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79739?

The closest are 79733 (24.9 mi), 76951 (26.6 mi), 79706 (27.7 mi), 79720 (29.8 mi) and 79721 (31.5 mi).

Is 79739 a PO Box ZIP code?

79739 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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