| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:53 PM |
| Population: | 3,388 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48129 |
| Land Area: | 1,188 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 7 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 34.8770, -100.7941 |
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3,388 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,188 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,557 to 3,388 from 2014 to 2024 — a -4.8% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79237 (Hedley, $59,688 median) and poorest ZIP 79226 (Clarendon, $58,031) are 22.2 miles apart — a 1.0× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.6× across this county — from $62,500 in 79237 (Hedley) to $102,700 in 79226 (Clarendon).
Density varies 1× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 79237 (Hedley) to 3 in 79226 (Clarendon).
Educational attainment ranges from 15.4% bachelor's+ in 79237 (Hedley) to 17.3% in 79226 (Clarendon) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #211 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #186 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $58,279 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
17.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (379 of 2,228 reporting).
3 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.