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Abilene, TX ZIP Codes

10 ZIP codes use the postal name Abilene, Texas (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 6 residential and 4 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $53,513 in 79603 to $89,551 in 79602, 1.7 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Abilene's most populous ZIP code is 79606, with 29,182 people (ACS 2020-2024); 22% of its land is in the city of Abilene.

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  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Abilene's ZIP codes?

79601: $54k median household income79602: $90k median household income79603: $54k median household income79605: $63k median household income79606: $79k median household income79699: – median household income796017960379602796067960579601: $54k median household income79602: $90k median household income79603: $54k median household income79605: $63k median household income79606: $79k median household income79699: – median household income796017960379602796067960579601: $54k median household income79602: $90k median household income79603: $54k median household income79605: $63k median household income79606: $79k median household income79699: – median household income7960179603796027960679605
The 6 residential ZIP codes named Abilene, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it.<$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Abilene's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 79602 ($89,551), the lowest in 79603 ($53,513). Home values run from $120,900 in 79603 to $272,600 in 79606.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 6 residential ZIP codes of Abilene

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Abilene, TX, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
79606 Taylor County 29,182 420 $79k $273k
79605 Taylor County 28,467 2,592 $63k $164k
79601 Jones County 28,050 107 $54k $190k
79602 Taylor County 27,425 225 $90k $248k
79603 Taylor County 23,548 398 $54k $121k
79699 Taylor County 113 1,883 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Abilene

4 ZIP codes named Abilene have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Abilene, TX: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
79604Taylor County
79608Taylor County
79697Taylor County
79698Taylor County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Abilene's ZIP codes reach?

Abilene's residential ZIP codes lie in 4 counties: Jones County (1 ZIP code mainly there), Shackelford County (part of a ZIP code), Taylor County (5 ZIP codes mainly there), Callahan County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Abilene's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Abilene's residential ZIP codes cover Abilene itself and 2 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Abilene's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Abilene starts with 796.

Three-digit prefixes of Abilene's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Abilene's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
796Abilene, TX (SCF 795)1011

10 of the 11 ZIP codes that start with 796 are Abilene's, all sorted at Abilene, TX (SCF 795). The other one is 79607 (Dyess Afb).

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.