| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:13 PM |
| Population: | 1,857 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48125 |
| Land Area: | 1,060 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 5 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 33.6562, -100.8328 |
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1,857 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 1,060 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,425 to 1,857 from 2014 to 2024 — a -23.4% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79220 (Afton, $49,792 median) and poorest ZIP 79229 (Dickens, $47,583) are 6.1 miles apart — a 1.0× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.7× across this county — from $43,200 in 79229 (Dickens) to $116,700 in 79220 (Afton).
Educational attainment ranges from 7.2% bachelor's+ in 79229 (Dickens) to 24.4% in 79220 (Afton) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #232 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #224 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $48,899 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
17.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (238 of 1,370 reporting).
4 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.
Dickens County lost 23.4% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: