| City: | Austin, Texas |
| Names to Avoid: | City Water And Light Dept |
| 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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Austin Energy, the City of Austin's municipal electric utility established in 1895, operates under dedicated ZIP code 78783 for correspondence processing in Travis County. Austinites have owned their electric utility since switches were thrown in May 1895 to illuminate 31 iconic moonlight towers, with an official dedication celebration held that July. Austin remains the only city in the world with working moonlight towers, with 17 remaining towers listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.
This designation serves Austin Energy's operations in the St. Edwards neighborhood, part of the Greater South River City area, about 70 miles from San Antonio. The utility ranks as the nation's 9th largest community-owned electric utility, serving more than 560,000 customer accounts and over one million residents in Greater Austin. Postal records show 4 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 Districts 37 and 25.
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
ZIP Code 78783 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 78783 is located in Travis County, Texas, within the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 12420) and Texas's 25th and 37th Congressional Districts. This Metro area has a population of 1,716,289 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 78783. 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: | 25,37Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 7620.7, 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 78783 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.