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79849

ZIP 79849 is San Elizario, Texas, in El Paso County; area code 915; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
El Paso
Metro area
El Paso, TX
Population
14,409
Coordinates
31.5669, -106.2584
☼ Live from 79849 — San Elizario, TX

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Where 79849 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79849
  • 🔢 Type 79849 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhBGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,849 = 7 × 11 × 17 × 61. Its digits add up to 37, a total 89 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011111101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79848 (Sanderson, TX, 250 mi away) and 79851 (Sierra Blanca, TX, 62 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79849 becomes 94897, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (47989, 49879, 78949, 79948, 87499, 94978, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99784 in White Mountain, AK, 3,307 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯715 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79849 and you would come out at 31.57°S, 73.74°E — 1,242 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 05m.
  • 📏 At 13.6 square miles of land, 79849 is bigger than 31% of ZIP codes — room for about 10 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,409This ZIP14,409
Households3,975This ZIP3,975
Housing units4,292This ZIP4,292
Median age30.2This ZIP30.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$44,831This ZIP$44,831Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$109,800This ZIP$109,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$919This ZIP$919Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher5.7%This ZIP5.7%
Mean commute34.1 minThis ZIP34.1 min
Population density1,055.9 / sq miThis ZIP1,055.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments66This ZIP66
Employees552This ZIP552
Annual payroll$13,611,000This ZIP$13,611,000
Tax returns filed6,100This ZIP6,100
Total adjusted gross income$202,626,000This ZIP$202,626,000

Land area

Land area13.65 sq miThis ZIP13.65 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Other place names in 79849

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

ZIP codes near 79849

ZIPCityDistance
79836 Clint, TX 2.8 mi
79927 El Paso, TX 5.5 mi
79838 Fabens, TX 8.0 mi
79910 El Paso, TX 9.2 mi
79914 El Paso, TX 9.2 mi
79917 El Paso, TX 9.2 mi
79923 El Paso, TX 9.2 mi
79926 El Paso, TX 9.2 mi
79929 El Paso, TX 9.2 mi
79931 El Paso, TX 9.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79849?

79849 is in San Elizario, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.5669, -106.2584.

What county is 79849 in?

79849 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 79849?

San Elizario uses area code 915, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 79849 in?

79849 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79849?

About 14,409 people live in ZIP code 79849, in 3,975 households, at 1,055.9 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 79849?

$44,831 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79849?

The closest are 79836 (2.8 mi), 79927 (5.5 mi), 79838 (8 mi), 79910 (9.2 mi) and 79914 (9.2 mi).

Is 79849 a PO Box ZIP code?

79849 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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