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79922

ZIP 79922 is in El Paso, Texas, mostly 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 +1 more
Metro area
El Paso, TX
Population
6,800
Coordinates
31.8104, -106.5560
☼ Live from 79922 — El Paso, TX

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Where 79922 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 79922
  • 🔢 Type 79922 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,922 = 2 × 89 × 449. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100000110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79920 (El Paso, TX, 6 mi away) and 79923 (El Paso, TX, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79922 becomes 22997, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27299, 27929, 29729, 29927, 79229, 97229, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99722 in Arctic Village, AK, 2,947 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯711 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79922 and you would come out at 31.81°S, 73.44°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 8.1 square miles of land, 79922 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,800This ZIP6,800
Households2,696This ZIP2,696
Housing units3,167This ZIP3,167
Median age47.2This ZIP47.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$106,003This ZIP$106,003Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$350,200This ZIP$350,200Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,076This ZIP$1,076Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher57.7%This ZIP57.7%
Mean commute24.3 minThis ZIP24.3 min
Population density844.1 / sq miThis ZIP844.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments313This ZIP313
Employees3,769This ZIP3,769
Annual payroll$164,712,000This ZIP$164,712,000
Tax returns filed3,790This ZIP3,790
Total adjusted gross income$813,141,000This ZIP$813,141,000

Land area

Land area8.06 sq miThis ZIP8.06 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Counties 79922 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
El Paso County 82.9%
Doña Ana County 17.1%

Other place names in 79922

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ZIP codes near 79922

ZIPCityDistance
88063 Sunland Park, NM 0.8 mi
79912 El Paso, TX 2.9 mi
79902 El Paso, TX 3.9 mi
79968 El Paso, TX 4.1 mi
79930 El Paso, TX 5.1 mi
79941 El Paso, TX 5.4 mi
79943 El Paso, TX 5.4 mi
79944 El Paso, TX 5.4 mi
79945 El Paso, TX 5.4 mi
79946 El Paso, TX 5.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79922?

79922 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.8104, -106.5560.

What county is 79922 in?

79922 spans 2 counties: El Paso County and Doña Ana County. Most of it falls in El Paso County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 79922?

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

What time zone is 79922 in?

79922 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79922?

About 6,800 people live in ZIP code 79922, in 2,696 households, at 844.1 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 79922?

$106,003 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79922?

The closest are 88063 (0.8 mi), 79912 (2.9 mi), 79902 (3.9 mi), 79968 (4.1 mi) and 79930 (5.1 mi).

Is 79922 a PO Box ZIP code?

79922 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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