| ZIP Codes: | 2 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:14 PM |
| Population: | 5,139 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48169 |
| CBSA: | Lubbock, TX |
| Land Area: | 977 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 3 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 33.1709, -101.2612 |
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5,139 residents live across 2 ZIPs covering 977 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 6,318 to 5,139 from 2014 to 2024 — a -18.7% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79330 (Justiceburg, $60,179 median) and poorest ZIP 79356 (Post, $46,351) are 15.2 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Density varies 30× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 79330 (Justiceburg) to 7 in 79356 (Post).
Within Texas, this is the #200 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #220 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $46,502 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
10.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (376 of 3,557 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.
Garza County lost 18.7% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: