| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:22 PM |
| Population: | 7,621 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48437 |
| Land Area: | 1,396 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 11 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 34.5593, -101.8323 |
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7,621 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,396 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 8,259 to 7,621 from 2014 to 2024 — a -7.7% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79042 (Happy, $70,590 median) and poorest ZIP 79052 (Kress, $34,922) are 28.1 miles apart — a 2.0× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.8× across this county — from $82,800 in 79088 (Tulia) to $148,500 in 79042 (Happy).
Educational attainment ranges from 15.5% bachelor's+ in 79088 (Tulia) to 23.1% in 79042 (Happy) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #178 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #239 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $41,236 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
17.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (862 of 5,082 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.
Swisher County lost 7.7% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: