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78705

78705 is a zip code in the Austin division of the Austin metro, which includes Austin, Wells Branch, and Hornsby Bend. This page gathers who lives here, from the Census Bureau, and the 25 congregations and 21 ministries the Greater Austin Mission Society knows of in and around it, with how each figure compares with the division and the metro.

Who lives here

  • Residents

    33,238 ±1,432

  • Median age

    21.2 ±0.3

  • Households

    12,136 ±610

  • Homes owned by the people living in them

    1,592 ±294

  • Homes rented

    10,544 ±685

  • Median household income

    $32,380 ±$5,671

Language spoken at home

Share of residents five and over.

  • English only

    66.5% ±1.6 points

  • Spanish

    14.7% ±2.5 points

  • Another language

    18.8% ±2.3 points

2026 edition, ACS 2020-2024, by ZIP Code Tabulation AreaZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA)The Census Bureau's map of a postal zip code, built from census blocks, so the two can differ at the edges.More in the glossary

Who is already here

Congregations and ministries whose address is in 78705, or that sit within a mile of its centre, nearest first.

Congregations

Ministries

Our church database, 2026-10-16 · Our database, 2026-10-16. These are counts of our own records, not a survey, so they carry no margin of error; they are as complete as the database is.

How it compares

  • Median age

    About two-thirds of the Austin division's figure, and about half of the metro figure.

  • Median household income

    Roughly a third of the Austin division's figure, and roughly a third of the metro figure.

  • Speaking only English at home

    About the same as the Austin division's figure, and about the same as the metro figure.

  • Speaking Spanish at home

    Roughly two-thirds of the Austin division's figure, and roughly two-thirds of the metro figure.

  • Speaking another language at home

    Roughly double the Austin division's figure, and about double the metro figure.

Census figures are for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, the Census Bureau's approximation of the postal zip, which can differ at the edges. Each carries its margin of errorMargin of errorThe range, at 90 percent confidence, within which a survey figure's true value probably falls, so 1,000 ±100 likely means between 900 and 1,100.More in the glossary at 90 percent; a figure whose margin is wide is marked as a rough estimateA rough estimateA figure whose margin of error is more than about half the figure itself; a figure whose margin passes about two-thirds of it is not shown.More in the glossary, and one too uncertain to read is not shown. Comparisons are with the zip's own division and the metro, never with another zip.

78705 sits inside the Austin division, and its prayer guide covers these streets.

Pray for AustinSee AustinEvery record near 78705

What the numbers are telling us

The Greater Austin Mission Society writes about the church in this metro: what this data shows, what it does not, and what we think it asks of us. The letters are written for leaders here.

Read the letters