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79768

ZIP 79768 is in Odessa, Texas, in Ector County; area code 432; Central time. Odessa has 9 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Ector
Metro area
Odessa, TX
Coordinates
31.8457, -102.3676

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 79761, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 79768 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 79768
  • 🔢 Type 79768 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgLGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,768 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 13 × 59. Its digits add up to 37, a total 89 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011110011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79766 (Odessa, TX, 9 mi away) and 79769 (Odessa, TX, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79768 becomes 86797, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (67879, 68779, 68977, 76798, 77968, 77986, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96778 in Pahoa, HI, 3,361 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯591 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79768 and you would come out at 31.85°S, 77.63°E — 1,269 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 04m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments42This ZIP42
Employees500This ZIP500
Annual payroll$37,501,000This ZIP$37,501,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 79768

ZIPCityDistance
79761 Odessa, TX 1.3 mi
79762 Odessa, TX 5.5 mi
79763 Odessa, TX 5.6 mi
79760 Odessa, TX 5.6 mi
79764 Odessa, TX 6.6 mi
79765 Odessa, TX 7.1 mi
79766 Odessa, TX 9.0 mi
79758 Gardendale, TX 11.8 mi
79776 Penwell, TX 12.1 mi
79759 Notrees, TX 15.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79768?

79768 is in Odessa, Texas, in Ector County, part of the Odessa, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.8457, -102.3676.

What county is 79768 in?

79768 lies in Ector County.

What area code is 79768?

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

What time zone is 79768 in?

79768 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 79768?

The closest are 79761 (1.3 mi), 79762 (5.5 mi), 79763 (5.6 mi), 79760 (5.6 mi) and 79764 (6.6 mi).

Is 79768 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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