| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 361 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:58 PM |
| Population: | 8,510 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48297 |
| Land Area: | 941 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 21 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 28.4018, -98.1589 |
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8,510 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 941 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 9,278 to 8,510 from 2014 to 2024 — a -8.3% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 78071 (Three Rivers, $60,500 median) and poorest ZIP 78075 (Whitsett, $52,000) are 16.3 miles apart — a 1.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.1× across this county — from $150,700 in 78075 (Whitsett) to $171,100 in 78022 (George West).
Density varies 7× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 78075 (Whitsett) to 12 in 78071 (Three Rivers).
Educational attainment ranges from 8.8% bachelor's+ in 78071 (Three Rivers) to 13.9% in 78022 (George West) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #173 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #205 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $57,715 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
11.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (679 of 6,086 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.
Live Oak County lost 8.4% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: