Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/79927

79927

ZIP 79927 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
44,444
Coordinates
31.6454, -106.2749
☼ Live from 79927 — El Paso, TX

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 79927 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 79927
  • 🔢 Type 79927 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,927 = 257 × 311. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100000110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79926 (El Paso, TX, 4 mi away) and 79928 (El Paso, TX, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79927 becomes 72997, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27979, 77299, 99727, 99772). The farthest-flung twin is 99772 in Shishmaref, AK, 3,392 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 89% 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 79927 and you would come out at 31.65°S, 73.73°E — 1,237 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 05m.
  • 📏 At 27.8 square miles of land, 79927 is bigger than 44% of ZIP codes — room for about 21 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 79927 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population44,444This ZIP44,444
Households13,779This ZIP13,779
Housing units14,522This ZIP14,522
Median age33.1This ZIP33.1Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$53,652This ZIP$53,652Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$138,400This ZIP$138,400Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,052This ZIP$1,052Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.9%This ZIP11.9%
Mean commute26.6 minThis ZIP26.6 min
Population density1,600.1 / sq miThis ZIP1,600.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments501This ZIP501
Employees5,265This ZIP5,265
Annual payroll$207,664,000This ZIP$207,664,000
Tax returns filed19,610This ZIP19,610
Total adjusted gross income$775,234,000This ZIP$775,234,000

Land area

Land area27.78 sq miThis ZIP27.78 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 79927

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

ZIP codes near 79927

ZIPCityDistance
79910 El Paso, TX 3.7 mi
79914 El Paso, TX 3.7 mi
79917 El Paso, TX 3.7 mi
79923 El Paso, TX 3.7 mi
79926 El Paso, TX 3.7 mi
79929 El Paso, TX 3.7 mi
79931 El Paso, TX 3.7 mi
79937 El Paso, TX 3.7 mi
79940 El Paso, TX 3.7 mi
79942 El Paso, TX 3.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 79927 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79927?

79927 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.6454, -106.2749.

What county is 79927 in?

79927 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 79927?

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

What time zone is 79927 in?

79927 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79927?

About 44,444 people live in ZIP code 79927, in 13,779 households, at 1,600.1 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 79927?

$53,652 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79927?

The closest are 79910 (3.7 mi), 79914 (3.7 mi), 79917 (3.7 mi), 79923 (3.7 mi) and 79926 (3.7 mi).

Is 79927 a PO Box ZIP code?

79927 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “79927 ZIP Code — El Paso, Texas (El Paso County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/79927

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/79927.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.