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79902

ZIP 79902 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
19,031
Coordinates
31.7849, -106.4969
☼ Live from 79902 — El Paso, TX

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Where 79902 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79902
  • 🔢 Type 79902 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,902 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 23 × 193. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100000011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79901 (El Paso, TX, 2 mi away) and 79903 (El Paso, TX, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79902 becomes 20997 — and that is a real ZIP code: Silver Spring, MD, 1,724 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09279, 09729, 20799, 20997, 27099, 27909, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09279 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,604 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯710 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79902 and you would come out at 31.78°S, 73.50°E — 1,225 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.
  • 📏 At 6.5 square miles of land, 79902 is bigger than 22% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population19,031This ZIP19,031
Households8,494This ZIP8,494
Housing units9,650This ZIP9,650
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$50,873This ZIP$50,873Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$238,500This ZIP$238,500Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$808This ZIP$808Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher40.8%This ZIP40.8%
Mean commute20.3 minThis ZIP20.3 min
Population density2,913.9 / sq miThis ZIP2,913.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,071This ZIP1,071
Employees17,501This ZIP17,501
Annual payroll$925,709,000This ZIP$925,709,000
Tax returns filed8,980This ZIP8,980
Total adjusted gross income$673,730,000This ZIP$673,730,000

Land area

Land area6.53 sq miThis ZIP6.53 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 79902

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

ZIP codes near 79902

ZIPCityDistance
79968 El Paso, TX 1.1 mi
79941 El Paso, TX 1.9 mi
79943 El Paso, TX 1.9 mi
79944 El Paso, TX 1.9 mi
79945 El Paso, TX 1.9 mi
79946 El Paso, TX 1.9 mi
79947 El Paso, TX 1.9 mi
79948 El Paso, TX 1.9 mi
79949 El Paso, TX 1.9 mi
79950 El Paso, TX 1.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79902?

79902 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.7849, -106.4969.

What county is 79902 in?

79902 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 79902?

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

What time zone is 79902 in?

79902 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79902?

About 19,031 people live in ZIP code 79902, in 8,494 households, at 2,913.9 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 79902?

$50,873 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79902?

The closest are 79968 (1.1 mi), 79941 (1.9 mi), 79943 (1.9 mi), 79944 (1.9 mi) and 79945 (1.9 mi).

Is 79902 a PO Box ZIP code?

79902 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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