| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:22 PM |
| Population: | 11,260 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48445 |
| Land Area: | 752 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 33.1719, -102.3522 |
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11,260 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 752 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 12,623 to 11,260 from 2014 to 2024 — a -10.8% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79378 (Wellman, $122,232 median) and poorest ZIP 79316 (Brownfield, $43,063) are 8.7 miles apart — a 2.8× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.1× across this county — from $95,000 in 79345 (Meadow) to $103,900 in 79316 (Brownfield).
Density varies 1481× across the county — from 5 people/sq mi in 79345 (Meadow) to 6,998 in 79378 (Wellman).
Educational attainment ranges from 7.9% bachelor's+ in 79316 (Brownfield) to 33.1% in 79378 (Wellman) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #157 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #56 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $47,566 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
8.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (654 of 7,315 reporting).
2 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.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Terry County lost 10.8% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: