ZIP code · Sweetwater · Texas · United States
ZIP code 79556 — Sweetwater
ZIP code 79556 serves Sweetwater, Texas.
- Postal code
- 79556Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Sweetwater
- County
- Nolan FIPS 48353
- State
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 32.4726, -100.3979 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 12,593 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 33 / sq mi
- Land area
- 378.4 sq mi (980 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $48,582
- Per-capita income
- $30,713
- Median age
- 36.6
- Households
- 5,057
- Housing units
- 6,238
- Median home value
- $97,800
- Median gross rent
- $855 / month
- Congressional district
- TX-19 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 8a (10 to 15 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/Chicago (UTC−6 / UTC−5 DST)
- Area code
- 325Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 79556
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 95°F), coldest Jan (avg low 31°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 56 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 85 | 91 | 95 | 94 | 86 | 77 | 65 | 57 |
| Avg low °F | 31 | 34 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 53 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: ROSCOE (7.7 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 79556
- 7 schools
- 1 colleges & universities
- 1 hospitals & clinics
- 1 doctors & dentists
- 3 pharmacies
- 2 supermarkets
- 27 restaurants & cafés
- 7 parks
- 10 playgrounds
- 2 gyms & sports centres
- 1 post offices
- 27 places of worship
- 4 banks
- 14 gas stations
- 2 EV charging stations
- 3 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page