| ZIP Codes: | 2 ZIP Codes (1 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 432 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:14:04 PM |
| Population: | 7,454 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48495 |
| Land Area: | 687 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 31.7702, -103.1034 |
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7,454 residents live across 2 ZIPs covering 687 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 7,404 to 7,454 from 2014 to 2024 — a +0.7% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79789 (Wink, $106,250 median) and poorest ZIP 79745 (Kermit, $80,585) are 18.1 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.2× across this county — from $124,600 in 79789 (Wink) to $154,100 in 79745 (Kermit).
Educational attainment ranges from 8.2% bachelor's+ in 79745 (Kermit) to 21.1% in 79789 (Wink) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #180 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #17 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $85,474 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
10.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (496 of 4,668 reporting).
1 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.