| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:24 PM |
| Population: | 4,958 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48483 |
| Land Area: | 1,181 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 2 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 35.4851, -100.2252 |
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4,958 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,181 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 5,715 to 4,958 from 2014 to 2024 — a -13.2% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 5 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79061 (Mobeetie, $99,861 median) and poorest ZIP 79079 (Shamrock, $51,250) are 25.2 miles apart — a 1.9× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.7× across this county — from $83,900 in 79003 (Allison) to $226,600 in 79011 (Briscoe).
Density varies 6× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 79011 (Briscoe) to 8 in 79096 (Wheeler).
Educational attainment ranges from 8.3% bachelor's+ in 79061 (Mobeetie) to 48.4% in 79003 (Allison) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #202 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #115 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $61,690 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
18.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (627 of 3,473 reporting).
4 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.
Wheeler County lost 13.2% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: