| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 940 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:55:24 PM |
| Population: | 18,690 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48503 |
| Land Area: | 1,299 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 23 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 33.1934, -98.7198 |
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18,690 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,299 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 19,082 to 18,690 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.1% change. 3 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 76481 (South Bend, $82,244 median) and poorest ZIP 76374 (Olney, $43,939) are 28.5 miles apart — a 1.9× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.8× across this county — from $106,600 in 76372 (Newcastle) to $192,900 in 76450 (Graham).
Density varies 12× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 76481 (South Bend) to 26 in 76450 (Graham).
Educational attainment ranges from 15.4% bachelor's+ in 76372 (Newcastle) to 27.5% in 76460 (Loving) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #125 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #109 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $68,168 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
23.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (3,089 of 13,040 reporting).
5 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.