| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 432 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:59 PM |
| Population: | 5,297 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48317 |
| CBSA: | Midland, TX |
| Land Area: | 675 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 32.3169, -101.8709 |
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5,297 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 675 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 5,299 to 5,297 from 2014 to 2024 — a 0.0% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79783 (Tarzan, $128,516 median) and poorest ZIP 79749 (Lenorah, $34,286) are 12.0 miles apart — a 3.7× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.2× across this county — from $149,200 in 79713 (Ackerly) to $182,100 in 79749 (Lenorah).
Density varies 11× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 79783 (Tarzan) to 11 in 79782 (Stanton).
Educational attainment ranges from 14.2% bachelor's+ in 79749 (Lenorah) to 26.9% in 79783 (Tarzan) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #198 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #40 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $91,302 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
22.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (793 of 3,476 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
Median household income spans 3.7× between the wealthiest and poorest ZIPs — a sign of significant intra-county inequality.
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.