| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 2 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:16 PM |
| Population: | 20,749 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48233 |
| CBSA: | Borger, TX |
| Land Area: | 687 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 7 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 35.7209, -101.4944 |
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20,749 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 687 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 22,362 to 20,749 from 2014 to 2024 — a -7.2% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79036 (Fritch, $90,170 median) and poorest ZIP 79083 (Stinnett, $48,611) are 17.1 miles apart — a 1.9× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.3× across this county — from $105,400 in 79083 (Stinnett) to $132,300 in 79036 (Fritch).
Density varies 34× across the county — from 4 people/sq mi in 79083 (Stinnett) to 125 in 79007 (Borger).
Educational attainment ranges from 13.8% bachelor's+ in 79036 (Fritch) to 17.4% in 79007 (Borger) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #115 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #125 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $69,075 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
16.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (2,226 of 13,628 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 2 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.
Hutchinson County lost 7.2% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: