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79853

ZIP 79853 is Tornillo, 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
2,686
Coordinates
31.4341, -106.0632
☼ Live from 79853 — Tornillo, TX

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Where 79853 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79853
  • 🔢 Type 79853 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESBGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,853 = 47 × 1699. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011011111101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79852 (Terlingua, TX, 204 mi away) and 79854 (Valentine, TX, 103 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79853 becomes 35897 — and that is a real ZIP code: Huntsville, AL, 1,152 miles away.
  • 👥 39 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35897, 35978, 35987, 38579, 38759, 38957, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98357 in Neah Bay, WA, 1,519 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯716 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79853 and you would come out at 31.43°S, 73.94°E — 1,253 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 06m.
  • 📏 At 34.8 square miles of land, 79853 is bigger than 49% of ZIP codes — room for about 26 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,686This ZIP2,686
Households802This ZIP802
Housing units862This ZIP862
Median age40.2This ZIP40.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$42,234This ZIP$42,234Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$83,200This ZIP$83,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher6.7%This ZIP6.7%
Mean commute32.1 minThis ZIP32.1 min
Population density77.3 / sq miThis ZIP77.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees138This ZIP138
Annual payroll$10,303,000This ZIP$10,303,000

Land area

Land area34.75 sq miThis ZIP34.75 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

Other place names in 79853

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

ZIP codes near 79853

ZIPCityDistance
79838 Fabens, TX 6.8 mi
79836 Clint, TX 12.8 mi
79849 San Elizario, TX 14.7 mi
79928 El Paso, TX 17.2 mi
79927 El Paso, TX 19.2 mi
79910 El Paso, TX 22.8 mi
79914 El Paso, TX 22.8 mi
79917 El Paso, TX 22.8 mi
79923 El Paso, TX 22.8 mi
79926 El Paso, TX 22.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79853?

79853 is in Tornillo, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.4341, -106.0632.

What county is 79853 in?

79853 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 79853?

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

What time zone is 79853 in?

79853 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79853?

About 2,686 people live in ZIP code 79853, in 802 households, at 77.3 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 79853?

$42,234 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79853?

The closest are 79838 (6.8 mi), 79836 (12.8 mi), 79849 (14.7 mi), 79928 (17.2 mi) and 79927 (19.2 mi).

Is 79853 a PO Box ZIP code?

79853 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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