| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 254 / 325 / 940 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:55 PM |
| Population: | 9,062 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48193 |
| Land Area: | 800 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 31.7875, -98.1803 |
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9,062 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 800 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 9,312 to 9,062 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.7% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 76457 (Hico, $72,238 median) and poorest ZIP 76531 (Hamilton, $49,100) are 19.2 miles apart — a 1.5× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.1× across this county — from $126,300 in 76531 (Hamilton) to $264,100 in 76457 (Hico).
Educational attainment ranges from 10.5% bachelor's+ in 76436 (Carlton) to 29.5% in 76457 (Hico) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #170 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #196 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $59,965 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
25.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,610 of 6,327 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.