Big Spring, TX
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Big Spring, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 33,640. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet BIG-SPRING-TX · Big Spring, TX 1 ZIPs · 33,640 pop · #13729/25278 · Howard County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $68,785
- RANK-MID #13729/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Ackerly
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 69% owners
- POP-SMALL 33,640
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $152,500
Nearest income peer: Ackerly, TX ( $3,899 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Big Spring
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Big Spring on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Ackerly · lowest
Ackerly · lowest
$64,886 median HH income
- Big Spring · this city
Big Spring · this city
$68,785 median HH income
- Forsan · near
Forsan · near
$92,950 median HH income
- Coahoma · highest
Coahoma · highest
$117,578 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Big Spring, TX sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 46th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 33,640
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $68,785
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $68,785 and poverty 14.6% concentrate in 79720.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Big Spring as a pure owner town.
Within Texas, East Bernard is the closest lower-income city and Greenville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Big Spring.
ZIP Codes in Big Spring, TX
These ZIP codes sit in Howard County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Big Spring. See the Howard County roll-up →
Big Spring sits in the lower half of Howard County on income: Coahoma and Forsan report more, and only Ackerly reports less. Coahoma marks the far end of that range at $117,578, 71% above Big Spring.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79720 | 33,640 | 14 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Big Spring, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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