79920
ZIP 79920 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
- 28
- Coordinates
- 31.8228, -106.4598
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Where 79920 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.
- 🔢 Type 79920 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 79,920 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 37. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
10011100000110000 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79918 (Fort Bliss, TX, 6 mi away) and 79922 (El Paso, TX, 6 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 79920 becomes 02997, which is not a ZIP code at all.
- 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09279, 09729, 20799, 20997, 27099, 27909, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09279 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,600 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
- 🎯707 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79920 and you would come out at 31.82°S, 73.54°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 0.138 square miles of land, 79920 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 67 football fields.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 28This ZIP28 |
|---|---|
| Households | 0 |
| Housing units | 0 |
| Median age | 19.9This ZIP19.9Texas35.6US 38.9 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 0.0% |
| Mean commute | 8.9 minThis ZIP8.9 min |
| Population density | 202.9 / sq miThis ZIP202.9 / sq mi |
Business and tax activity
| Business establishments | 8This ZIP8 |
|---|---|
| Employees | 1,951This ZIP1,951 |
| Annual payroll | $229,160,000This ZIP$229,160,000 |
Land area
| Land area | 0.14 sq miThis ZIP0.14 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
Other place names in 79920
Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.
ZIP codes near 79920
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
79930 | El Paso, TX | 1.0 mi |
79904 | El Paso, TX | 1.8 mi |
79906 | El Paso, TX | 2.5 mi |
79903 | El Paso, TX | 2.7 mi |
79902 | El Paso, TX | 3.4 mi |
79905 | El Paso, TX | 4.4 mi |
79968 | El Paso, TX | 4.5 mi |
79901 | El Paso, TX | 4.5 mi |
79941 | El Paso, TX | 4.7 mi |
79943 | El Paso, TX | 4.7 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 79920?
79920 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.8228, -106.4598.
What county is 79920 in?
79920 lies in El Paso County.
What area code is 79920?
El Paso uses area code 915, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 79920 in?
79920 uses America/Denver.
How many people live in 79920?
About 28 people live in ZIP code 79920, at 202.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 79920?
The closest are 79930 (1 mi), 79904 (1.8 mi), 79906 (2.5 mi), 79903 (2.7 mi) and 79902 (3.4 mi).
Is 79920 a PO Box ZIP code?
79920 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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