| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (1 Standard, 4 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 432 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:14:04 PM |
| Population: | 11,118 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48475 |
| Land Area: | 581 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 31.4771, -103.0703 |
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11,118 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 581 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 10,938 to 11,118 from 2014 to 2024 — a +1.6% change. 3 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79742 (Grandfalls, $68,681 median) and poorest ZIP 79788 (Wickett, $57,109) are 22.4 miles apart — a 1.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.0× across this county — from $84,700 in 79788 (Wickett) to $257,100 in 79777 (Pyote).
Density varies 4222× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 79777 (Pyote) to 6,533 in 79788 (Wickett).
Educational attainment ranges from 1.6% bachelor's+ in 79719 (Barstow) to 33.3% in 79777 (Pyote) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #158 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #149 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $66,867 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
12.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (898 of 7,211 reporting).
1 Standard delivery, 4 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.