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79911

ZIP 79911 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
10,192
Coordinates
31.9361, -106.5357
☼ Live from 79911 — El Paso, TX

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Where 79911 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79911
  • 🔢 Type 79911 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,911 = 3 × 3 × 13 × 683. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100000100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79910 (El Paso, TX, 22 mi away) and 79912 (El Paso, TX, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79911 becomes 11997, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (19179, 19197, 19971, 79119, 91791, 91917, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99711 in Fairbanks, AK, 2,859 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 79911 and you would come out at 31.94°S, 73.46°E — 1,215 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 03m.
  • 📏 At 34.5 square miles of land, 79911 is bigger than 49% of ZIP codes — room for about 26 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,192This ZIP10,192
Households3,654This ZIP3,654
Housing units3,783This ZIP3,783
Median age35.1This ZIP35.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$122,713This ZIP$122,713Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$342,300This ZIP$342,300Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,453This ZIP$1,453Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher62.2%This ZIP62.2%
Mean commute25.9 minThis ZIP25.9 min
Population density295.5 / sq miThis ZIP295.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments139This ZIP139
Employees1,609This ZIP1,609
Annual payroll$72,411,000This ZIP$72,411,000
Tax returns filed4,270This ZIP4,270
Total adjusted gross income$442,238,000This ZIP$442,238,000

Land area

Land area34.49 sq miThis ZIP34.49 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 79911

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ZIP codes near 79911

ZIPCityDistance
79913 El Paso, TX 2.2 mi
79835 Canutillo, TX 3.5 mi
79821 Anthony, TX 4.7 mi
79932 El Paso, TX 6.0 mi
79912 El Paso, TX 6.0 mi
79934 El Paso, TX 6.1 mi
79904 El Paso, TX 7.3 mi
79924 El Paso, TX 7.5 mi
79922 El Paso, TX 8.8 mi
79920 El Paso, TX 9.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79911?

79911 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.9361, -106.5357.

What county is 79911 in?

79911 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 79911?

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

What time zone is 79911 in?

79911 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79911?

About 10,192 people live in ZIP code 79911, in 3,654 households, at 295.5 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 79911?

$122,713 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79911?

The closest are 79913 (2.2 mi), 79835 (3.5 mi), 79821 (4.7 mi), 79932 (6 mi) and 79912 (6 mi).

Is 79911 a PO Box ZIP code?

79911 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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