| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 940 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:57 PM |
| Population: | 8,441 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48237 |
| Land Area: | 755 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 7 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 33.1511, -98.2455 |
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8,441 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 755 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 8,421 to 8,441 from 2014 to 2024 — a +0.2% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 76427 (Bryson, $75,191 median) and poorest ZIP 76459 (Jermyn, $33,438) are 9.6 miles apart — a 2.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 7.2× across this county — from $56,500 in 76459 (Jermyn) to $408,600 in 76486 (Perrin).
Density varies 14× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 76459 (Jermyn) to 32 in 76427 (Bryson).
Educational attainment ranges from 6.5% bachelor's+ in 76459 (Jermyn) to 17.6% in 76427 (Bryson) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #174 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #174 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $66,041 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
14.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (832 of 5,958 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.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.