| ZIP Codes: | 6 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 936 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:14:03 PM |
| Population: | 13,895 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48455 |
| Land Area: | 685 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 21 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 31.1379, -95.1160 |
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13,895 residents live across 6 ZIPs covering 685 sq mi, served by 6 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 14,367 to 13,895 from 2014 to 2024 — a -3.3% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 75926 (Apple Springs, $65,833 median) and poorest ZIP 75845 (Groveton, $48,333) are 12.7 miles apart — a 1.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.2× across this county — from $104,600 in 75845 (Groveton) to $130,400 in 75926 (Apple Springs).
Density varies 4× across the county — from 9 people/sq mi in 75845 (Groveton) to 36 in 75862 (Trinity).
Educational attainment ranges from 15.8% bachelor's+ in 75862 (Trinity) to 19.4% in 75926 (Apple Springs) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #141 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #207 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $52,746 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
16.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,687 of 10,183 reporting).
5 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.