| ZIP Codes: | 6 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 3 PO Box, 1 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 432 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:51 PM |
| Population: | 9,440 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48043 |
| Land Area: | 5,521 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 4 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 29.8944, -103.4053 |
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9,440 residents live across 6 ZIPs covering 5,521 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 9,253 to 9,110 from 2014 to 2024 — a -1.5% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79830 (Alpine, $66,546 median) and poorest ZIP 79852 (Terlingua, $34,712) are 36.1 miles apart — a 1.9× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.2× across this county — from $111,200 in 79852 (Terlingua) to $240,000 in 79842 (Marathon).
Density varies 6651× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 79842 (Marathon) to 2,588 in 79832 (Alpine).
Educational attainment ranges from 14.3% bachelor's+ in 79852 (Terlingua) to 87.1% in 79834 (Big Bend National Park) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #165 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #232 for median household income .
Hosts 1 single-entity Unique ZIP: 79832Sul Ross State Univ .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $63,036 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
45.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (3,238 of 7,172 reporting).
2 Standard delivery, 3 PO Box only, 1 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.