| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 3 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:55 PM |
| Population: | 21,082 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48179 |
| CBSA: | Pampa, TX |
| Land Area: | 1,269 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 3 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 35.3946, -100.8108 |
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21,082 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,269 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 23,043 to 21,048 from 2014 to 2024 — a -8.7% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79057 (Mclean, $70,865 median) and poorest ZIP 79065 (Pampa, $58,912) are 28.8 miles apart — a 1.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.4× across this county — from $45,000 in 79054 (Lefors) to $110,000 in 79065 (Pampa).
Density varies 71× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 79057 (Mclean) to 149 in 79054 (Lefors).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.4% bachelor's+ in 79057 (Mclean) to 19.4% in 79054 (Lefors) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #112 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #154 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $59,598 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
16.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (2,305 of 14,055 reporting).
2 Standard delivery, 3 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.
Gray County lost 8.5% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: