| City: | Houston, Texas |
| County: | Harris County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:16:46 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 281 / 346 / 621 / 713 / 832 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 29.7632, -95.3633 |
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ZIP 77206 serves a concentrated location in Houston's Independence Heights area. This PO Box ZIP handles mail for 171 PO Boxes along a single street route on N Shepherd Drive. The post office supports 150 businesses despite having no recorded residential population in this specific ZIP designation.
The facility operates as a city delivery operation (Carrier Route Type C) with street delivery available on N Shepherd Drive. While classified as a PO Box ZIP, the presence of 49 street delivery records shows this isn't purely box-based service. The ZIP sits within the larger 77018 ZIP code area and shares neighborhood connections with Independence Heights, North Houston, and Garden Oaks Shopping Center. With 66 ZIP+4 segments covering both PO Box records (17) and street records (49), this represents a compact urban postal facility serving a focused commercial corridor.
This ZIP's street delivery focuses entirely on N Shepherd Drive, a major commercial corridor in north-central Houston. The single-street concentration with unit-based addressing suggests commercial or multi-tenant properties rather than typical residential delivery.
ZIP Code 77206 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 3 business establishments, employing about 14 people with an annual payroll of $749,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 312Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 3Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $192,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $749,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 14Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 77206 is located in Harris County, Texas, within the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 26420) and Texas's 18th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 7,274,714 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 77206. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 26420Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 7,274,714Source: Census |
| MSA: | Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 18Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 235.2 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Houston, TX PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4835000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Houston city; TexasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 77206 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.