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The 77049 ZIP Code is centered1 in Harris County at latitude 29.837 and longitude -95.149 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Harris County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 77049 was 16,598 with 5,457 housing units; a land area land area of 23.9 sq. miles; a water area of 0.02 sq. miles; and a population density of 694.43 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Sheldon, TX (2.4 miles NNE)
Beaumont Place, TX (3.1 miles W)
Houmont Park, TX (3.4 miles W)
Magnolia Gardens, TX (4.1 miles NNE)
Cloverleaf, TX (4.3 miles SSW)
Mantu, TX (4.5 miles SE)
Channelview, TX (4.7 miles SSE)
Highlands, TX (5.8 miles ESE)
Barrett, TX (6 miles ENE)
Greens Bayou, TX (6 miles SW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Sheldon Park, TX (1.4 miles N)
Sheldon Acres, TX (1.4 miles NNE)
Reservoir Acres, TX (1.9 miles WNW)
Royalwood, TX (2.4 miles W)
Sterling Green, TX (2.4 miles S)
Sterling Green South, TX (2.7 miles S)
Airstream, TX (2.7 miles NW)
Sterling Forest, TX (3.4 miles S)
Wood Forest North, TX (3.4 miles SW)
Shadow Glen, TX (3.4 miles SSE)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.