| City: | Brownsville, Texas |
| County: | Cameron County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:49:38 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 956 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 25.9016, -97.4975 |
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ZIP code 78522 serves Downtown Brownsville, Texas, at a post office facility rather than a residential neighborhood. The ZIP has a MultiPoint geometry, meaning it doesn't cover a geographic area but marks the location of the post office itself. This facility sits within the larger 78520 ZIP code, which handles street delivery for the surrounding community.
The post office maintains 566 PO Boxes for residents and businesses in the Brownsville area. There isn't a residential population within this specific ZIP's boundary since it covers only the postal facility. Street delivery exists through a single city carrier route, though the Elizabeth Street addresses using UNIT designators are actually PO Box Street Addressing (PBSA), which lets customers receive packages using a street address format.
Brownsville sits along the U.S.-Mexico border in Cameron County, with its sister city Matamoros just across the Rio Grande. The 78522 post office is one of several serving the Brownsville metro area. With 7 local businesses employing 61 workers, this ZIP functions primarily as a mail access point rather than a distinct community. Residents who want mail service through this ZIP use a PO Box, while street delivery comes through neighboring ZIP codes.
The single street address is the post office location on Elizabeth Street, used for PO Box Street Addressing.
ZIP Code 78522 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 6 business establishments, employing about 139 people with an annual payroll of $6,504,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 6,988Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 6Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,469,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $6,504,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 139Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 78522 is located in Cameron County, Texas, within the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 15180) and Texas's 34th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 406,220 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 78522. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Brownsville-Harlingen, TXSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 15180Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 406,220Source: Census |
| MSA: | Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 34Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 8190.32 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4810768Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Brownsville city; TexasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 78522 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.