| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (1 Standard, 2 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:52 PM |
| Population: | 2,557 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48079 |
| CBSA: | Lubbock, TX |
| Land Area: | 778 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 33.6135, -102.8215 |
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2,557 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 778 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,060 to 2,557 from 2014 to 2024 — a -16.4% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79379 (Whiteface, $67,813 median) and poorest ZIP 79314 (Bledsoe, $27,375) are 23.2 miles apart — a 2.5× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.7× across this county — from $48,100 in 79346 (Morton) to $80,800 in 79379 (Whiteface).
Density varies 6330× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 79346 (Morton) to 14,379 in 79379 (Whiteface).
Educational attainment ranges from 8.1% bachelor's+ in 79346 (Morton) to 9.9% in 79379 (Whiteface) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #227 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #243 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $47,113 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
8.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (131 of 1,597 reporting).
1 Standard delivery, 2 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.
Cochran County lost 16.4% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: