| City: | Houston, Texas |
| County: | Harris County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:17:19 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 77223 is a facility-specific postal designation in Houston's Eastside, serving the Lawndale/Wayside neighborhood area. This ZIP doesn't cover residential territory. Instead, it operates as a point location within the larger ZIP 77023, providing mail services to a concentrated business district.
The post office maintains 252 PO Boxes and serves 132 business delivery points. All street delivery focuses on a single address: Lawndale Street, with 92 units receiving mail at that location. This pattern indicates a business park or industrial facility where multiple companies share the same street address but use different unit numbers.
With seven business establishments employing 16 people according to Census data, this ZIP serves a small commercial cluster rather than a residential community. The PO Box services likely support both the on-site businesses and nearby companies or residents who use this location for mail convenience. Because Houston has extensive street delivery through other ZIP codes, this isn't a PO Box Only Zone. It's simply a specialized postal facility serving a specific urban business district.
Single street address with unit-based delivery suggests business park or industrial facility.
ZIP Code 77223 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 6 business establishments, employing about 19 people with an annual payroll of $410,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 344Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 6Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $104,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $410,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 19Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 77223 is located in Harris County, Texas, within the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 26420) and Texas's 29th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 7,274,714 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 77223. 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: | 29Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 187.07 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 77223 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 February 1, 2026.