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79915

ZIP 79915 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
34,230
Coordinates
31.7460, -106.3714
☼ Live from 79915 — El Paso, TX

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Where 79915 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79915
  • 🔢 Type 79915 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SIGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,915 = 5 × 11 × 1453. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100000101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79914 (El Paso, TX, 5 mi away) and 79916 (Fort Bliss, TX, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79915 becomes 51997, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (17959, 19975, 59719, 59917, 71959, 79159, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99751 in Kobuk, AK, 3,171 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯708 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79915 and you would come out at 31.75°S, 73.63°E — 1,229 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 8.9 square miles of land, 79915 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population34,230This ZIP34,230
Households12,938This ZIP12,938
Housing units14,311This ZIP14,311
Median age41.4This ZIP41.4Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$35,432This ZIP$35,432Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$123,200This ZIP$123,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$841This ZIP$841Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.4%This ZIP13.4%
Mean commute20.2 minThis ZIP20.2 min
Population density3,845.2 / sq miThis ZIP3,845.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments766This ZIP766
Employees10,192This ZIP10,192
Annual payroll$499,984,000This ZIP$499,984,000
Tax returns filed15,700This ZIP15,700
Total adjusted gross income$552,595,000This ZIP$552,595,000

Land area

Land area8.90 sq miThis ZIP8.90 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Other place names in 79915

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ZIP codes near 79915

ZIPCityDistance
79935 El Paso, TX 2.9 mi
79905 El Paso, TX 3.5 mi
79907 El Paso, TX 3.8 mi
79925 El Paso, TX 4.1 mi
79936 El Paso, TX 4.9 mi
79903 El Paso, TX 5.0 mi
79906 El Paso, TX 5.2 mi
79910 El Paso, TX 5.5 mi
79914 El Paso, TX 5.5 mi
79917 El Paso, TX 5.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79915?

79915 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.7460, -106.3714.

What county is 79915 in?

79915 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 79915?

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

What time zone is 79915 in?

79915 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79915?

About 34,230 people live in ZIP code 79915, in 12,938 households, at 3,845.2 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 79915?

$35,432 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79915?

The closest are 79935 (2.9 mi), 79905 (3.5 mi), 79907 (3.8 mi), 79925 (4.1 mi) and 79936 (4.9 mi).

Is 79915 a PO Box ZIP code?

79915 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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