| City: | Austin, Texas |
| Names to Avoid: | Tx Dept Of Motor Vehicles |
| County: | Travis County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:52:08 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 Motor Vehicles, created in June 2009 when Governor Rick Perry signed House Bill 3097 into law, operates under dedicated ZIP code 78779 for correspondence processing in Austin, Travis County. TxDMV became operational on November 1, 2009, assuming functions previously held by the Texas Department of Transportation. A nine-member board appointed by the governor oversees agency policy.
This designation serves TxDMV operations in Austin's Rosedale neighborhood, about 75 miles from San Antonio. The agency headquarters is located at 4000 Jackson Avenue. TxDMV administers vehicle registration and titling for nearly 26 million registered vehicles in Texas, collecting more than $4.5 billion annually in registration fees, title fees, and motor vehicle sales tax. Postal records show 2 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 37.
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 78779 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes. USPS data shows 0 residential mailboxes and 1 business mailboxes, reflecting local delivery coverage.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 1Source: 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 78779 is located in Travis County, Texas, within the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 12420) and Texas's 37th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,716,289 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 78779. 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: | 37Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 0 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 78779 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.