| ZIP Codes: | 2 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:53 PM |
| Population: | 11,941 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48115 |
| Land Area: | 976 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 32.8146, -102.1513 |
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11,941 residents live across 2 ZIPs covering 976 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 13,418 to 11,941 from 2014 to 2024 — a -11.0% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79331 (Lamesa, $54,000 median) and poorest ZIP 79377 (Welch, $44,000) are 30.1 miles apart — a 1.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.4× across this county — from $101,800 in 79331 (Lamesa) to $144,100 in 79377 (Welch).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.3% bachelor's+ in 79331 (Lamesa) to 20.4% in 79377 (Welch) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #153 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #235 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $53,807 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
12.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (955 of 7,678 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.
Dawson County lost 11.0% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: