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79905

ZIP 79905 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
22,594
Coordinates
31.7661, -106.4262
☼ Live from 79905 — El Paso, TX

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Where 79905 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 79905
  • 🔢 Type 79905 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,905 = 3 × 5 × 7 × 761. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100000100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79904 (El Paso, TX, 6 mi away) and 79906 (El Paso, TX, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79905 becomes 50997, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (59079, 75099, 75990, 79059, 79095, 79950, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99750 in Kivalina, AK, 3,377 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯709 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79905 and you would come out at 31.77°S, 73.57°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 6.6 square miles of land, 79905 is bigger than 22% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population22,594This ZIP22,594
Households8,016This ZIP8,016
Housing units9,196This ZIP9,196
Median age33.8This ZIP33.8Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$25,721This ZIP$25,721Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$106,800This ZIP$106,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$674This ZIP$674Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher9.5%This ZIP9.5%
Mean commute25.0 minThis ZIP25.0 min
Population density3,435.8 / sq miThis ZIP3,435.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments553This ZIP553
Employees11,790This ZIP11,790
Annual payroll$688,670,000This ZIP$688,670,000
Tax returns filed10,110This ZIP10,110
Total adjusted gross income$339,186,000This ZIP$339,186,000

Land area

Land area6.58 sq miThis ZIP6.58 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 79905

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

ZIP codes near 79905

ZIPCityDistance
79903 El Paso, TX 1.7 mi
79906 El Paso, TX 3.0 mi
79901 El Paso, TX 3.2 mi
79915 El Paso, TX 3.5 mi
79941 El Paso, TX 3.6 mi
79943 El Paso, TX 3.6 mi
79944 El Paso, TX 3.6 mi
79945 El Paso, TX 3.6 mi
79946 El Paso, TX 3.6 mi
79947 El Paso, TX 3.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79905?

79905 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.7661, -106.4262.

What county is 79905 in?

79905 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 79905?

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

What time zone is 79905 in?

79905 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79905?

About 22,594 people live in ZIP code 79905, in 8,016 households, at 3,435.8 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 79905?

$25,721 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79905?

The closest are 79903 (1.7 mi), 79906 (3 mi), 79901 (3.2 mi), 79915 (3.5 mi) and 79941 (3.6 mi).

Is 79905 a PO Box ZIP code?

79905 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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