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Where 79832 is
Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.
- 🔢 Type 79832 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZEBGL — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 79,832 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 17 × 587. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
10011011111011000 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79831 (Alpine, TX, 4 mi away) and 79834 (Big Bend National Park, TX, 85 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 79832 becomes 23897 — and that is a real ZIP code: Yale, VA, 1,576 miles away.
- 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23879, 23897, 27839, 27893, 27938, 27983, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27938 in Gatesville, NC, 1,603 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
- 🎯714 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79832 and you would come out at 30.36°S, 76.35°E — 1,350 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 11m.
- 📏 At 0.124 square miles of land, 79832 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 60 football fields.
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Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 330This ZIP330 |
|---|---|
| Households | 0 |
| Housing units | 0 |
| Median age | 19.7This ZIP19.7Texas35.6US 38.9 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 0.0% |
| Mean commute | 8.0 minThis ZIP8.0 min |
| Population density | 2,661.3 / sq miThis ZIP2,661.3 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
Other place names in 79832
Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.
ZIP codes near 79832
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
79831 | Alpine, TX | 4.1 mi |
79830 | Alpine, TX | 10.6 mi |
79734 | Fort Davis, TX | 29.6 mi |
79786 | Toyahvale, TX | 41.0 mi |
79718 | Balmorhea, TX | 43.9 mi |
79842 | Marathon, TX | 44.3 mi |
79780 | Saragosa, TX | 46.7 mi |
79735 | Fort Stockton, TX | 55.7 mi |
79843 | Marfa, TX | 56.9 mi |
79854 | Valentine, TX | 60.0 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 79832?
79832 is in Alpine, Texas, in Brewster County. Its published point location is 30.3632, -103.6492.
What county is 79832 in?
79832 lies in Brewster County.
What area code is 79832?
Alpine uses area code 432, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 79832 in?
79832 uses America/Chicago.
How many people live in 79832?
About 330 people live in ZIP code 79832, at 2,661.3 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 79832?
The closest are 79831 (4.1 mi), 79830 (10.6 mi), 79734 (29.6 mi), 79786 (41 mi) and 79718 (43.9 mi).
Is 79832 a PO Box ZIP code?
79832 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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