| ZIP Codes: | 2 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:11 PM |
| Population: | 1,244 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48045 |
| Land Area: | 587 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 34.4381, -101.1613 |
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1,244 residents live across 2 ZIPs covering 587 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 1,689 to 1,244 from 2014 to 2024 — a -26.3% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79255 (Quitaque, $54,375 median) and poorest ZIP 79257 (Silverton, $43,362) are 16.4 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.4× across this county — from $66,700 in 79255 (Quitaque) to $91,300 in 79257 (Silverton).
Density varies 2× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 79257 (Silverton) to 3 in 79255 (Quitaque).
Educational attainment ranges from 18.6% bachelor's+ in 79257 (Silverton) to 24.6% in 79255 (Quitaque) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #239 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #236 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $46,894 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
20.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (194 of 942 reporting).
2 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 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.
Briscoe County lost 26.3% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: