| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:18 PM |
| Population: | 2,924 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48295 |
| Land Area: | 782 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 36.2991, -100.2311 |
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2,924 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 782 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,412 to 2,924 from 2014 to 2024 — a -14.3% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79034 (Follett, $89,250 median) and poorest ZIP 79046 (Higgins, $57,386) are 19.9 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.8× across this county — from $87,500 in 79056 (Lipscomb) to $155,900 in 79005 (Booker).
Density varies 6× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 79034 (Follett) to 9 in 79024 (Darrouzett).
Educational attainment ranges from 16.2% bachelor's+ in 79005 (Booker) to 31.9% in 79024 (Darrouzett) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #221 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #88 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $70,831 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
20.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (375 of 1,804 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 1 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.
Lipscomb County lost 14.3% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: