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79906

ZIP 79906 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
5,917
Coordinates
31.8090, -106.4195
☼ Live from 79906 — El Paso, TX

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Where 79906 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 79906
  • 🔢 Type 79906 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,906 = 2 × 39953. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100000100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79905 (El Paso, TX, 3 mi away) and 79907 (El Paso, TX, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79906 becomes 60997, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07699, 76099, 76909, 79096, 79960, 96079, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96970 in Ebeye, MH, 5,650 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯706 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79906 and you would come out at 31.81°S, 73.58°E — 1,224 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 4.5 square miles of land, 79906 is bigger than 18% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,917This ZIP5,917
Households1,458This ZIP1,458
Housing units1,680This ZIP1,680
Median age21.5This ZIP21.5Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$56,044This ZIP$56,044Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median gross rent$1,488This ZIP$1,488Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.1%This ZIP34.1%
Mean commute19.6 minThis ZIP19.6 min
Population density1,312.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,312.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments193This ZIP193
Employees7,540This ZIP7,540
Annual payroll$397,454,000This ZIP$397,454,000
Tax returns filed1,870This ZIP1,870
Total adjusted gross income$98,379,000This ZIP$98,379,000

Land area

Land area4.51 sq miThis ZIP4.51 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 79906

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

ZIP codes near 79906

ZIPCityDistance
79903 El Paso, TX 2.1 mi
79920 El Paso, TX 2.5 mi
79930 El Paso, TX 2.9 mi
79925 El Paso, TX 3.0 mi
79905 El Paso, TX 3.0 mi
79908 El Paso, TX 3.6 mi
79904 El Paso, TX 3.8 mi
79918 Fort Bliss, TX 3.9 mi
79916 Fort Bliss, TX 4.4 mi
79902 El Paso, TX 4.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79906?

79906 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.8090, -106.4195.

What county is 79906 in?

79906 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 79906?

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

What time zone is 79906 in?

79906 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79906?

About 5,917 people live in ZIP code 79906, in 1,458 households, at 1,312.0 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 79906?

$56,044 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79906?

The closest are 79903 (2.1 mi), 79920 (2.5 mi), 79930 (2.9 mi), 79925 (3 mi) and 79905 (3 mi).

Is 79906 a PO Box ZIP code?

79906 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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