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79901

ZIP 79901 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County; area code 915; Mountain time. El Paso has 137 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
El Paso
Metro area
El Paso, TX
Population
8,554
Coordinates
31.7594, -106.4801
☼ Live from 79901 — El Paso, TX

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Where 79901 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.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79901
  • 🔢 Type 79901 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 79901 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100000011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79855 (Van Horn, TX, 111 mi away) and 79902 (El Paso, TX, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79901 becomes 10997 — and that is a real ZIP code: West Point, NY, 1,910 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07199, 09719, 10979, 10997, 17099, 19079, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09719 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,852 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯711 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79901 and you would come out at 31.76°S, 73.52°E — 1,227 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 2.2 square miles of land, 79901 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,554This ZIP8,554
Households4,024This ZIP4,024
Housing units4,750This ZIP4,750
Median age41.4This ZIP41.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$14,872This ZIP$14,872Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$91,400This ZIP$91,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$555This ZIP$555Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher9.2%This ZIP9.2%
Mean commute23.7 minThis ZIP23.7 min
Population density3,884.7 / sq miThis ZIP3,884.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments908This ZIP908
Employees11,473This ZIP11,473
Annual payroll$606,642,000This ZIP$606,642,000
Tax returns filed4,930This ZIP4,930
Total adjusted gross income$236,512,000This ZIP$236,512,000

Land area

Land area2.20 sq miThis ZIP2.20 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 79901

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

ZIP codes near 79901

ZIPCityDistance
79941 El Paso, TX 0.4 mi
79943 El Paso, TX 0.4 mi
79944 El Paso, TX 0.4 mi
79945 El Paso, TX 0.4 mi
79946 El Paso, TX 0.4 mi
79947 El Paso, TX 0.4 mi
79948 El Paso, TX 0.4 mi
79949 El Paso, TX 0.4 mi
79950 El Paso, TX 0.4 mi
79951 El Paso, TX 0.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79901?

79901 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.7594, -106.4801.

What county is 79901 in?

79901 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 79901?

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

What time zone is 79901 in?

79901 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79901?

About 8,554 people live in ZIP code 79901, in 4,024 households, at 3,884.7 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 79901?

$14,872 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79901?

The closest are 79941 (0.4 mi), 79943 (0.4 mi), 79944 (0.4 mi), 79945 (0.4 mi) and 79946 (0.4 mi).

Is 79901 a PO Box ZIP code?

79901 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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