78578 Zip Code Detailed Profile

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Back to All US cities. City: Port Isabel, TX Cameron County, TX Zip code population (2000): 9,952 Estimated zip code population in 2007: 10,491 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 Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip code 78578 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: 4,591 Renter-occupied apartments: 1,165 % of renters here:   35% State:   36% 2008 cost of living index in zip code 78578: 79.5 (low, U.S. average is 100) Land area: 19.3 sq. mi. Water area: 0.1 sq. mi. Population density: 542 people per square mile   (low). Estimate of real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2007: This zip code:   2.9% ($1,134) Texas:   2.9% ($1,393) Profiles of local businesses: Door Doctor Susan Brown - Gulf Coast Fine Coastal Properties List your B&M business here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Males: 4,819   (48.4%) Females: 5,133   (51.6%) Recent posts about zip code 78578 area on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: San Antonio Weather Thread  (2717 replies) Corpus Christi-Good place to move to?  (289 replies) Essence of Texas - perfume and pretty pictures  (56 replies) Houston; I moved to Dallas 3 weeks ago and I've already packed up. Help!  (93 replies) Canadian Looking to Retire  (13 replies) Mcallen  (155 replies) Urban population: 9,804 Rural population: 148 Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $96,502 78578:   $96,502 Texas:   $120,900 According to our research of public records there were 9 registered sex offenders living in 78578 zip code in early 2007. The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this zip code is smaller than the state average. Median resident age:   32.6 years Texas median age:   32.3 years Average household size: This zip code:   3.0 people Texas:   2.7 people Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 78578, filed in 2005: Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $29,040 (Individual Income Tax Returns) Here:   $29,040 State:   $47,881 Salary/wage: $24,078 (reported on 78.9% of returns) Here:   $24,078 State:   $41,947 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 95.3% for AGIs below $10k, 79.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 76.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 66.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 64.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 40.8% for AGIs over 100k) Taxable interest for individuals: $3,569 (reported on 24.9% of returns) This zip code:   $3,569 Texas:   $2,255 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.5% for AGIs below $10k, 1.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 5.1% for AGIs over 100k) Taxable dividends: $4,110 (reported on 13.5% of returns) Here:   $4,110 State:   $4,261 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.9% for AGIs below $10k, 0.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.1% for AGIs over 100k) Net capital gain/loss: +$10,904 (reported on 12.0% of returns) Here:   +$10,904 State:   +$16,110 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.5% for AGIs below $10k, 0.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 12.6% for AGIs over 100k) Profit/loss from business: +$6,649 (reported on 21.4% of returns) Here:   +$6,649 State:   +$11,013 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 19.7% for AGIs below $10k, 9.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.5% for AGIs over 100k) IRA payment deduction: $3,539 (reported on 2.0% of returns) 78578:   $3,539 Texas:   $3,120 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs over 100k) Total itemized deductions: $19,194 (1% of AGI, reported on 14.8% of returns) Here:   $19,194 State:   $19,631 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 11.7% for AGIs below $10k, 4.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 10.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 14.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 10.7% for AGIs over 100k) Charity contributions deductions: $3,479 (4.7% of AGI, reported on 11.5% of returns) Here:   $3,479 Texas:   $4,753 Here:   4.7% of AGI State:   4.2% of AGI (% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $10k, 0.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.2% for AGIs over 100k) Total tax: $4,815 (reported on 57.3% of returns) 78578:   $4,815 State:   $9,058 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.1% for AGIs below $10k, 3.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 17.6% for AGIs over 100k) Earned income credit: $2,327 (reported on 40.3% of returns) Here:   $2,327 State:   $2,024 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 20.9% for AGIs below $10k, 10.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k) Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 58.1% Here:   58% State:   57% (% for various income ranges: 54.8% for AGIs below $10k, 60.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 54.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 54.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 59.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 75.9% for AGIs over 100k)

This zip code:	$31,640
Texas:	$47,548

Nearest zip codes: 78597, 78566, 78521, 78526, 78575, 78520.

Percentage of family households:

This zip code:	78.2%
Whole state:	71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This zip code:	4.1%
Whole state:	4.4%

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

• Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
• Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Housing units in zip code 78578 with a mortgage: 686 (17 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 736

This zip code:	29.2%
Whole state:	16.3%

This zip code:	10.9%
Whole state:	6.8%

Here:	4.6
State:	5.8

Here:	3.8
State:	3.8

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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages: Notable location: Holly Beach (A). Display/hide its location on the map Lake: Tular, El (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 78578: Less than $10,000: 159 $10,000 to $14,999: 79 $15,000 to $19,999: 50 $20,000 to $24,999: 36 $25,000 to $29,999: 18 $30,000 to $34,999: 25 $35,000 to $39,999: 34 $40,000 to $49,999: 118 $50,000 to $59,999: 132 $60,000 to $69,999: 142 $70,000 to $79,999: 139 $80,000 to $89,999: 134 $90,000 to $99,999: 121 $100,000 to $124,999: 263 $125,000 to $149,999: 214 $150,000 to $174,999: 140 $175,000 to $199,999: 111 $200,000 to $249,999: 141 $250,000 to $299,999: 109 $300,000 to $399,999: 68 $400,000 to $499,999: 16 $500,000 to $749,999: 34 $750,000 to $999,999: 9 $1,000,000 or more: 3

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 78578: Less than $100: 35 $100 to $149: 28 $150 to $199: 53 $200 to $249: 92 $250 to $299: 77 $300 to $349: 38 $350 to $399: 87 $400 to $449: 62 $450 to $499: 44 $500 to $549: 128 $550 to $599: 38 $600 to $649: 50 $650 to $699: 9 $700 to $749: 23 $750 to $799: 10 $800 to $899: 2 $900 to $999: 24 No cash rent: 173

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $683,753.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $186,788
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $349,646
• Asian householders: $161,925
• Some other race householders: $82,671
• Two or more races householders: $99,299
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $85,935

78578:	$93,079
Texas:	$120,900

Detached houses: $151,639

Here:	$151,639
State:	$170,389

Townhouses or other attached units: $136,693

Here:	$136,693
State:	$159,697

In 2-unit structures: $43,517

Here:	$43,517
State:	$140,401

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $118,647

Here:	$118,647
State:	$134,235

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $95,619

Here:	$95,619
State:	$158,654

Mobile homes: $23,929

Here:	$23,929
State:	$42,156

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $53,326

Here:	$53,326
State:	$34,447

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,801
• One, attached: 266
• Two: 486
• 3 or 4: 426
• 5 to 9: 191
• 10 to 19: 85
• 20 to 49: 85
• 50 or more: 76
• Mobile homes: 1,235
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 149

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 2,287 (64%) Carpooled: 804 (23%) Bus or trolley bus: 15 (0%) Taxi: 30 (1%) Motorcycle: 2 (0%) Bicycle: 8 (0%) Walked: 160 (4%) Other means: 123 (3%) Worked at home: 137 (4%)

Travel time to work Less than 5 minutes: 145 5 to 9 minutes: 455 10 to 14 minutes: 743 15 to 19 minutes: 847 20 to 24 minutes: 407 25 to 29 minutes: 118 30 to 34 minutes: 368 35 to 39 minutes: 82 40 to 44 minutes: 65 45 to 59 minutes: 95 60 to 89 minutes: 60 90 or more minutes: 44

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 94.9%

Household type by relationship
Households: 9,821

• In family households: 8,922 (2,015 male householders, 612 female householders)

  1,949 spouses, 3,357 children (3,223 natural, 50 adopted, 84 stepchildren), 305 grandchildren, 150 brothers or sisters, 100 parents, 198 other relatives, 236 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 899 (360 male householders (274 living alone)), 399 female householders (388 living alone)), 140 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,016 2-persons, 530 3-persons, 461 4-persons, 329 5-persons, 205 6-persons, 86 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 662 1-person, 76 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 10 4-persons.

1,898 married couples with children.
756 single-parent households (165 men, 591 women).

34.1% of residents of 78578 zip code speak English at home.
65.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% very well, 15% well, 11% not well, 13% not at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% very well, 17% well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).

Foreign born population: 2,166 (21.8%)
(25.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

This zip code:	21.8%
Whole state:	13.9%

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 6271

German: 551

English: 474

United States or American: 218

Irish: 211

Scotch-Irish: 127

Norwegian: 90

French (except Basque): 76

Italian: 67

Scottish: 54

Swedish: 48

French Canadian: 40

Polish: 37

British: 31

Danish: 27

Dutch: 26

Austrian: 24

Czechoslovakian: 20

Northern European: 19

Maltese: 18

Subsaharan African:: 12

African: 12

Hungarian: 11

Russian: 11

Finnish: 10

Arab:: 9

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 9

Syrian: 9

Czech: 8

Scandinavian: 7

Estonian: 6

Welsh: 4

Swiss: 3

Acadian/Cajun: 3

Slovak: 3

European: 2

Ukrainian: 2

Belgian: 2

Facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• ANDY BOWIE WWTP (3.7MI N OF QUEEN ISABELA CAUSE in PORT ISABEL, TX)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Organizations: LAGUNA MADRE WATER DISTRICT (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: LAGUNA MADRE WATER DISTRICT

Median worth of mobile homes: $16,405

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

• This state: 5410
• Northeast: 312
• Midwest: 1033
• South: 495
• West: 226

57% of the 78578 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Texas.

Population in 1990: 9,335. Population change in the 1990s: +617 (+6.6%).

Here:	3.6%
Texas:	6.8%

Here:	0.3%
Texas:	6.2%

Here:	14.6%
Texas:	15.4%

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• INLAND SERVICE CORPORATION (600 SANTA ISABEL BLVD in LAGUNA VISTA, OK; small business): $26,929,727 in 223 contracts from 1999 to 2006

  Contracts for Trash/Garbage Collection Services - Including Portable Sanitation Services, Recycling and Reclamation Equipment by Army, Air Force, Department of Veterans Affairs
  Signed by year: 2000: $5,997,882; 2001: $2,633,404; 2002: $3,831,876; 2003: $4,002,865; 2004: $4,193,925; 2005: $3,321,663; 2006: $2,518,494.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $2,549,000 with Army for Trash/Garbage Collection Services - Including Portable Sanitation Services. Signed on 2000-08-28. Completion date: 2001-08-31.
  $1,990,576, same as above. Signed on 2002-03-08. Completion date: 2002-10-31.
  $1,247,194, same as above. Signed on 2000-07-07. Completion date: 2001-08-31.
  $1,149,771 with Army for Trash/Garbage Collection Services - Including Portable Sanitation Services. Taking place in NC. Signed on 2002-07-24. Completion date: 2003-07-31.
  

• BARRAZA FAMILY LIMITED PARTNER (109 SCOLLOP ST in PORT ISABEL, TX; small business)
  2 employees, $81000 revenue. : $697,329 in 20 contracts from 1999 to 2003

  Contracts for Lease or Rental of Facilities -- Office Buildings by Public Buildings Service
  Signed by year: 2000: $144,000; 2001: $144,000; 2002: $180,250; 2003: $193,079; 2004: $0; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $36,331 with Public Buildings Service for Lease or Rental of Facilities -- Office Buildings. Signed on 2003-09-15. Completion date: 2003-09-15.
  $36,331, same as above. Signed on 2003-06-15. Completion date: 2003-06-15.
  $36,125, same as above. Signed on 2002-12-15. Completion date: 2002-12-15.
  $36,125, same as above. Signed on 2003-09-15. Completion date: 2003-09-15.
  

• BAYSIDE MARINE INC (BAYSIDE MARINE HWY 100 LG in PORT ISABEL, TX; small business)

  $199,000 with Immigration and Naturalization Service for Small Craft. Signed on 2000-08-15. Completion date: 2001-02-15.

• ZIMCO MARINE, INC (400 WASHINGTON STREET in PORT ISABEL, TX): $8,522 in 2 contracts in 2005

  $4,261 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Motors, Electrical. Signed on 2005-01-19. Completion date: 2005-02-17.
  $4,261 with Army for Motors, Electrical. Signed on 2005-01-19. Completion date: 2005-02-17.
  

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

• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (100-249 employees: 1 establishment, 50-99 employees: 1 establishment, 20-49 employees: 5 establishments, 10-19 employees: 3 establishments, 5-9 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 2 establishments)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (20-49: 1, 10-19: 3, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Construction: Land Subdivision (50-99: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (20-49: 1, 5-9: 2, 1-4: 2)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (20-49: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 3)

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