| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 432 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:14:03 PM |
| Population: | 3,175 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48461 |
| Land Area: | 995 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 31.2990, -102.0156 |
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3,175 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 995 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,339 to 3,175 from 2014 to 2024 — a -4.9% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79778 (Rankin, $70,808 median) and poorest ZIP 79752 (Mc Camey, $39,423) are 15.7 miles apart — a 1.8× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.3× across this county — from $94,900 in 79752 (Mc Camey) to $123,500 in 79778 (Rankin).
Density varies 64× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 79755 (Midkiff) to 8 in 79778 (Rankin).
Educational attainment ranges from 5.9% bachelor's+ in 79752 (Mc Camey) to 10.7% in 79778 (Rankin) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #216 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #210 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $51,288 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
8.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (185 of 2,201 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.