| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 254 / 325 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:11 PM |
| Population: | 13,346 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48059 |
| CBSA: | Abilene, TX |
| Land Area: | 834 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 3 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 32.2824, -99.3156 |
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13,346 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 834 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 12,621 to 13,346 from 2014 to 2024 — a +5.7% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79510 (Clyde, $78,686 median) and poorest ZIP 76443 (Cross Plains, $49,915) are 19.2 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.5× across this county — from $104,700 in 76443 (Cross Plains) to $161,000 in 79510 (Clyde).
Educational attainment ranges from 21.5% bachelor's+ in 79510 (Clyde) to 24.3% in 76443 (Cross Plains) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #144 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #150 for median household income with the #83 fastest decade growth .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $71,226 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
22.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (2,032 of 9,158 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 1 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.