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79908

ZIP 79908 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
4,148
Coordinates
31.8331, -106.3650
☼ Live from 79908 — El Paso, TX

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Where 79908 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79908
  • 🔢 Type 79908 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,908 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 6659. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100000100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79907 (El Paso, TX, 9 mi away) and 79910 (El Paso, TX, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79908 becomes 80997 — and that is a real ZIP code: Colorado Springs, CO, 491 miles away.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09879, 09897, 79098, 79980, 80997, 97089, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09879 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,147 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯703 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79908 and you would come out at 31.83°S, 73.64°E — 1,223 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 1.8 square miles of land, 79908 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,148This ZIP4,148
Households1,103This ZIP1,103
Housing units1,176This ZIP1,176
Median age16.9This ZIP16.9Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$59,792This ZIP$59,792Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median gross rent$1,827This ZIP$1,827Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.7%This ZIP34.7%
Mean commute14.3 minThis ZIP14.3 min
Population density2,336.9 / sq miThis ZIP2,336.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees65This ZIP65
Annual payroll$5,433,000This ZIP$5,433,000
Tax returns filed1,070This ZIP1,070
Total adjusted gross income$63,972,000This ZIP$63,972,000

Land area

Land area1.78 sq miThis ZIP1.78 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 79908

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

ZIP codes near 79908

ZIPCityDistance
79918 Fort Bliss, TX 1.0 mi
79925 El Paso, TX 1.9 mi
79916 Fort Bliss, TX 2.7 mi
79906 El Paso, TX 3.6 mi
79935 El Paso, TX 4.9 mi
79903 El Paso, TX 5.6 mi
79924 El Paso, TX 5.6 mi
79920 El Paso, TX 5.6 mi
79936 El Paso, TX 5.8 mi
79905 El Paso, TX 5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79908?

79908 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.8331, -106.3650.

What county is 79908 in?

79908 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 79908?

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

What time zone is 79908 in?

79908 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79908?

About 4,148 people live in ZIP code 79908, in 1,103 households, at 2,336.9 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 79908?

$59,792 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79908?

The closest are 79918 (1 mi), 79925 (1.9 mi), 79916 (2.7 mi), 79906 (3.6 mi) and 79935 (4.9 mi).

Is 79908 a PO Box ZIP code?

79908 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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