| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 806 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:24 PM |
| Population: | 9,155 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48501 |
| Land Area: | 841 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 33.1281, -102.8110 |
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9,155 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 841 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 8,602 to 9,155 from 2014 to 2024 — a +6.4% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79323 (Denver City, $87,321 median) and poorest ZIP 79355 (Plains, $76,967) are 16.9 miles apart — a 1.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.3× across this county — from $143,300 in 79355 (Plains) to $193,300 in 79323 (Denver City).
Density varies 11× across the county — from 4 people/sq mi in 79355 (Plains) to 42 in 79323 (Denver City).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.3% bachelor's+ in 79355 (Plains) to 19.0% in 79323 (Denver City) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #168 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #44 for median household income with the #78 fastest decade growth .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $85,442 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
17.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (862 of 4,871 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 0 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.