| City: | Alpine, Texas |
| County: | Brewster County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:43:20 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 432 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 30.3068, -103.6704 |
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Alpine sits in far West Texas, where the ZIP spans 250.9 square miles of high desert terrain. The area's size reflects Brewster County's vast geography. The post office also serves 189 businesses that use PO Box addresses. That's common in areas where commercial operations want centralized mail pickup separate from their physical locations.
This PO Box only ZIP contains no street delivery routes. All mail goes to post office boxes.
ZIP Code 79831 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 19 business establishments, employing about 173 people with an annual payroll of $5,124,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,283Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 19Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,110,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $5,124,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 173Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 79831 is located in Brewster County, Texas, within the Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA ) and Texas's 23rd Congressional District. This area has a population of 0 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 79831. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Number: | --Source: Census |
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| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 0Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 23Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 58059.18 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4802104Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Alpine city; TexasSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 79831 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.