| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (1 Standard, 2 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:14:00 PM |
| Population: | 9,756 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48357 |
| Land Area: | 1,048 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 36.2550, -100.9272 |
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9,756 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,048 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 10,411 to 9,756 from 2014 to 2024 — a -6.3% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79070 (Perryton, $70,915 median) and poorest ZIP 79070 (Perryton, $70,915) are 0.0 miles apart — a 1.0× income gap across local geography.
Density varies 5× across the county — from 9 people/sq mi in 79070 (Perryton) to 43 in 79093 (Waka).
Educational attainment ranges from 20.8% bachelor's+ in 79070 (Perryton) to 23.9% in 79093 (Waka) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #162 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #97 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $70,915 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 (1,231 of 5,908 reporting).
1 Standard delivery, 2 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.
Ochiltree County lost 6.3% of residents between 2014 and 2024.