| City: | Houston, Texas |
| County: | Harris County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 6:37:40 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 77244 serves a single location in Houston's Westside area. The entire ZIP consists of Whittington Drive, where 100 delivery units share a single city carrier route. This is what the postal industry calls a Large Volume Receiver (LVR), a specialized ZIP assigned to one building or complex rather than a geographic community.
The post office maintains 202 PO Boxes alongside 117 business delivery points at this location. This pattern is typical for commercial or mixed-use developments where tenants need both suite delivery and separate PO Box services. The ZIP+4 data shows all street addresses include unit designators, confirming this is a multi-tenant facility.
While classified as a PO Box ZIP, this isn't a PO Box Only Zone. Street delivery is available through a dedicated city carrier route. The surrounding Briarforest and Westside neighborhoods use different ZIP codes (including the enclosing ZIP 77077) for their residential and commercial addresses. ZIP 77244 exists solely to handle high mail volume for this single Whittington Drive location.
Entire ZIP consists of a single street address with multiple units.
ZIP Code 77244 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 8 business establishments, employing about 85 people with an annual payroll of $2,331,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 300Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 8Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $549,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $2,331,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 85Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 77244 is located in Harris County, Texas, within the Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA ) and Texas's 7th Congressional District. This area has a population of 5,946,800 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 77244. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Number: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 5,946,800Source: Census |
| MSA: | Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 07Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 161.94 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 77244 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.