| City: | Austin, Texas |
| Names to Avoid: | Dept Of Public Safety |
| County: | Travis County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:52:05 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 512 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 30.2667, -97.7428 |
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The Texas Department of Public Safety, established August 10, 1935, operates under dedicated ZIP code 78773 for correspondence processing in Austin, Travis County. Governor James V. Allred signed legislation creating DPS through the consolidation of the Texas Highway Patrol (established 1929) and the Texas Rangers (established 1823), the oldest law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction in the United States.
This designation serves DPS administrative mail operations in Austin's Allandale neighborhood, about 80 miles from San Antonio. The agency's headquarters complex is located at 5805 North Lamar Boulevard, where DPS manages statewide law enforcement, driver licensing, and crime prevention. Postal records show 2 ZIP+4 delivery codes routing correspondence through this designation. Census demographic data is not available. Austin is the valid mailing city, and the ZIP falls within Texas Congressional District 25.
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
ZIP Code 78773 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 78773 is located in Travis County, Texas, within the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 12420) and Texas's 25th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,716,289 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 78773. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 12420Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,716,289Source: Census |
| MSA: | Austin-San Marcos, TX MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 25Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 7620.7 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4805000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Austin city; TexasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 78773 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.