| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 325 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:59 PM |
| Population: | 1,963 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48327 |
| Land Area: | 1,032 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 30.8616, -99.8548 |
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1,963 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,032 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,129 to 1,963 from 2014 to 2024 — a -7.8% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 76841 (Fort Mc Kavett, $108,563 median) and poorest ZIP 76859 (Menard, $47,443) are 18.8 miles apart — a 2.3× income gap across local geography.
Educational attainment ranges from 11.7% bachelor's+ in 76848 (Hext) to 63.3% in 76841 (Fort Mc Kavett) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #231 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #65 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $55,858 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
26.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (409 of 1,534 reporting).
3 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.
Menard County lost 7.8% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: