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79938

ZIP 79938 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
99,621
Coordinates
31.8455, -106.0197
☼ Live from 79938 — El Paso, TX

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Where 79938 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 79938
  • 🔢 Type 79938 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEGGL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 79,938 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 4441. Its digits add up to 36, a total 149 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100001000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 79937 (El Paso, TX, 19 mi away) and 79940 (El Paso, TX, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 79938 becomes 83997, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (37998, 39897, 79839, 83799, 87939, 97389, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99783 in Wales, AK, 3,443 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯691 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 79938 and you would come out at 31.85°S, 73.98°E — 1,225 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 390.2 square miles of land, 79938 is bigger than 96% of ZIP codes — room for about 296 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population99,621This ZIP99,621
Households29,664This ZIP29,664
Housing units30,376This ZIP30,376
Median age30.2This ZIP30.2Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$77,272This ZIP$77,272Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median home value$214,800This ZIP$214,800Texas$283,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,466This ZIP$1,466Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.8%This ZIP27.8%
Mean commute29.3 minThis ZIP29.3 min
Population density255.3 / sq miThis ZIP255.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments843This ZIP843
Employees10,318This ZIP10,318
Annual payroll$409,095,000This ZIP$409,095,000
Tax returns filed41,990This ZIP41,990
Total adjusted gross income$2,495,329,000This ZIP$2,495,329,000

Land area

Land area390.24 sq miThis ZIP390.24 sq mi
Water area0.45 sq miThis ZIP0.45 sq mi

Counties 79938 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
El Paso County 54.4%
Hudspeth County 45.6%

Other place names in 79938

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ZIP codes near 79938

ZIPCityDistance
79928 El Paso, TX 12.8 mi
79936 El Paso, TX 16.9 mi
79935 El Paso, TX 19.0 mi
79910 El Paso, TX 19.5 mi
79914 El Paso, TX 19.5 mi
79917 El Paso, TX 19.5 mi
79923 El Paso, TX 19.5 mi
79926 El Paso, TX 19.5 mi
79929 El Paso, TX 19.5 mi
79931 El Paso, TX 19.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 79938?

79938 is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County, part of the El Paso, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.8455, -106.0197.

What county is 79938 in?

79938 spans 2 counties: El Paso County and Hudspeth 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 79938?

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

What time zone is 79938 in?

79938 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 79938?

About 99,621 people live in ZIP code 79938, in 29,664 households, at 255.3 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 79938?

$77,272 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 79938?

The closest are 79928 (12.8 mi), 79936 (16.9 mi), 79935 (19 mi), 79910 (19.5 mi) and 79914 (19.5 mi).

Is 79938 a PO Box ZIP code?

79938 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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