| City: | Houston, Texas |
| County: | Harris County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:18:12 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 281 / 346 / 621 / 713 / 832 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 29.7632, -95.3633 |
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The facility maintains 318 PO Boxes and processes mail for 179 business addresses. Street delivery does occur here, but only along W Cavalcade Street, where 46 delivery points serve units in a single location. This pattern is typical of urban PO Box facilities where the ZIP exists primarily for box holders rather than residential neighborhoods.
The post office operates within Houston's dense urban fabric, where residents typically receive mail at standard Houston ZIP codes. Box holders here choose this service for business needs, mail security, or personal preference. That's different from rural PO Box ZIPs where boxes are the only option. In this case, alternative delivery exists throughout surrounding Houston neighborhoods.
Only W Cavalcade Street has carrier delivery, with 46 unit-based delivery points. This single-street pattern confirms this is a specialized postal facility rather than a residential neighborhood.
ZIP Code 77249 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 11 business establishments, employing about 62 people with an annual payroll of $4,994,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 488Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 11Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,185,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $4,994,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 62Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 77249 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 77249. 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 77249 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.