77978 Zip Code Detailed Profile

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Back to All US cities. City: Point Comfort, TX Calhoun County, TX Zip code population (2000): 781 Estimated zip code population in 2008: 713 Home Value Estimate Address: Unit (optional): City State AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY Zip Recent Home Sales Address: City State AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY Zip Min Price (optional) Max Price (optional) Prioritization: Sale Date Distance General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Houses and condos: 393 Renter-occupied apartments: 117 % of renters here:   41% State:   36% Dec. 2009 cost of living index in zip code 77978: 77.0 (low, U.S. average is 100) Land area: 9.9 sq. mi. Water area: 1.3 sq. mi. Population density: 72 people per square mile   (very low). Estimate of real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2008: This zip code:   1.1% ($332) Texas:   2.9% ($1,393) Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for:  near:   Males: 379   (48.5%) Females: 402   (51.5%) Recent posts about zip code 77978 area on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: Port Lavaca Info  (31 replies) Got my list, so how do I make a decision?  (52 replies) Urban population: 723 Rural population: 58 Estimated median house/condo value in 2008: $75,461 77978:   $75,461 Texas:   $126,799 According to our research of public records there were no registered sex offenders living in this zip code in early 2007. Median resident age:   33.1 years Texas median age:   32.3 years Average household size: This zip code:   2.7 people Texas:   2.7 people Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 77978, filed in 2005: Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $41,792 (Individual Income Tax Returns) Here:   $41,792 State:   $47,881 Salary/wage: $43,000 (reported on 81.4% of returns) Here:   $43,000 State:   $41,947 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 73.9% for AGIs below $10k, 73.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 83.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 93.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 89.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 74.3% for AGIs over 100k) Taxable interest for individuals: $1,074 (reported on 37.9% of returns) This zip code:   $1,074 Texas:   $2,255 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.3% for AGIs over 100k) Taxable dividends: $303 (reported on 10.2% of returns) Here:   $303 State:   $4,261 Profit/loss from business: +$1,455 (reported on 13.7% of returns) Here:   +$1,455 State:   +$11,013 Total itemized deductions: $13,696 (1% of AGI, reported on 7.1% of returns) Here:   $13,696 State:   $19,631 Charity contributions deductions: $2,400 (2.9% of AGI, reported on 3.1% of returns) Here:   $2,400 Texas:   $4,753 Here:   2.9% of AGI State:   4.2% of AGI Total tax: $5,257 (reported on 76.1% of returns) 77978:   $5,257 State:   $9,058 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.2% for AGIs below $10k, 3.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 18.3% for AGIs over 100k) Earned income credit: $1,962 (reported on 16.5% of returns) Here:   $1,962 State:   $2,024 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.7% for AGIs below $10k, 5.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k) Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 58.7% Here:   59% State:   57% (% for various income ranges: 50.0% for AGIs below $10k, 66.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 61.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 53.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 85.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

This zip code:	$55,775
Texas:	$50,043

Nearest zip codes: 77979, 77969, 77991, 77971, 77970, 77982.

Percentage of family households:

This zip code:	75.7%
Whole state:	71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This zip code:	4.2%
Whole state:	4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
• Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Housing units in zip code 77978 with a mortgage: 49 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 111

This zip code:	12.6%
Whole state:	15.8%

This zip code:	2.2%
Whole state:	6.3%

Here:	5.4
State:	5.8

Here:	5.1
State:	3.8

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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages: Reservoirs: Evaporation Lake Number 1 (A), Evaporation Lake Number 2 (B), Evaporation Lake Number 3 (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2008 in zip code 77978: $30,000 to $34,999: 2 $35,000 to $39,999: 3 $40,000 to $49,999: 21 $50,000 to $59,999: 24 $60,000 to $69,999: 16 $70,000 to $79,999: 20 $80,000 to $89,999: 17 $90,000 to $99,999: 14 $100,000 to $124,999: 22 $125,000 to $149,999: 11 $150,000 to $174,999: 3 $175,000 to $199,999: 1

Rent paid by renters in 2008 in zip code 77978: $250 to $299: 2 $300 to $349: 1 $350 to $399: 2 $400 to $449: 6 $450 to $499: 16 $500 to $549: 18 $550 to $599: 11 $600 to $649: 8 $650 to $699: 8 $700 to $749: 9 $750 to $799: 2 $800 to $899: 6 $1,000 to $1,249: 13 No cash rent: 6

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2008: $73,341.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2008 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $77,090
• Some other race householders: $55,087
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $55,087

77978:	$73,364
Texas:	$126,800

Detached houses: $75,730

Here:	$75,730
State:	$177,938

Townhouses or other attached units: $136,443

Here:	$136,443
State:	$165,469

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $48,221

Here:	$48,221
State:	$172,050

Mobile homes: $55,000

Here:	$55,000
State:	$42,156

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 383
• One, attached: 3
• 5 to 9: 4
• 50 or more: 2
• Mobile homes: 3

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 277 (85%) Carpooled: 30 (9%) Motorcycle: 6 (2%) Bicycle: 4 (1%) Walked: 4 (1%) Other means: 2 (1%) Worked at home: 2 (1%)

Travel time to work Less than 5 minutes: 46 5 to 9 minutes: 86 10 to 14 minutes: 61 15 to 19 minutes: 47 20 to 24 minutes: 16 25 to 29 minutes: 13 30 to 34 minutes: 25 35 to 39 minutes: 6 40 to 44 minutes: 1 45 to 59 minutes: 16 60 to 89 minutes: 4 90 or more minutes: 2

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 82.5%

Household type by relationship
Households: 774

• In family households: 696 (191 male householders, 36 female householders)

  173 spouses, 262 children (200 natural, 4 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 15 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 78 (26 male householders (22 living alone)), 37 female householders (37 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 76 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 59 1-person, 2 2-persons, 1 5-persons, 1 6-persons.

164 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (9 men, 37 women).

83.3% of residents of 77978 zip code speak English at home.
13.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% very well, 18% well, 12% not well, 1% not at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% very well, 45% well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% well).

Foreign born population: 10 (1.3%)
(60.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

This zip code:	1.3%
Whole state:	13.9%

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 193

United States or American: 110

German: 77

Czech: 59

Irish: 50

English: 26

Polish: 15

French (except Basque): 11

Italian: 8

Norwegian: 7

Dutch: 6

Danish: 5

Scotch-Irish: 5

European: 3

Swedish: 3

Welsh: 3

Czechoslovakian: 2

Scottish: 2

French Canadian: 1

Subsaharan African:: 1

African: 1

facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• ALCOA WORLD ALUMINA ATLANTIC (STATE HIGHWAY 35 in POINT COMFORT, TX)

  AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
  SUPERFUND NPL (Superfund database)
  FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  TSD (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
  Business SIC classification: INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC SERVICES
  Business NAICS classification: ALL OTHER BASIC INORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING.
  Organizations: ALCOA WORLD ALUMINA LLC (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , ALCOA WORLD ALUMINA LLC AND (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: ALCOA (ALUMINUM CO OF AMERICA), ALCOA (POINT COMFORT)/LAVACA BAY, ALCOA WORLD ALUMINA, LLC, ALCOA WORLD ALUMINA LLC POINT COMFORT OPERATIONS, ALOCA WORLD ALUMINA ATLANTIC, ALUMINUM CO OF AMERICA-PT COMF, ALUMINUM CO OF AMERICA CLASS II LANDFILL, ALUMINUM CO OF AMERICA-PT COMF

• ALCOA LANDFILL (POINT COMFORT PLANT in POINT COMFORT, TX)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-06-1993-0002, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  Business SIC classification: ALUMINUM SHEET, PLATE, AND FOIL
  

Median worth of mobile homes: $71,483

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 663
• Northeast: 11
• Midwest: 28
• South: 41
• West: 24

47% of the 77978 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Texas.

Here:	0.0%
Texas:	6.8%

Here:	4.3%
Texas:	6.2%

Here:	0.0%
Texas:	15.4%

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Mining: Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction (20-49 employees: 1 establishment, 5-9 employees: 1 establishment)
• Utilities: Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation (20-49: 1)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Janitorial Services (10-19: 1, 5-9: 1)
• Mining: Natural Gas Liquid Extraction (10-19: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations (10-19: 1)
• Wholesale Trade: Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (10-19: 1)

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