Cotton Center, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cotton Center, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 138. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet COTTON-CENTER-TX · Cotton Center, TX 1 ZIPs · 138 pop · #21435/25278 · Hale County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-RENT · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-UNK

  • INC-MID $51,094
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21435/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Petersburg
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-RENT 24% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 138
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Petersburg, TX (+ $3,823 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 Cotton Center

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cotton Center on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cotton Center, TX sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

15th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
138
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$51,094
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($51,094 average) · poverty 43.5%. The primary code (79021) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (23.5%) for this income tier, rent $625 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Texas, Encinal is the closest lower-income city and May the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cotton Center.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 79021, is all of Cotton Center

There is no split to weigh here: 79021 holds every one of Cotton Center's 138 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Cotton Center's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 15 employees , annual payroll $449k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 79021 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Cotton Center, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Hale County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cotton Center. See the Hale County roll-up →

Cotton Center sits in the lower half of Hale County on income: Abernathy, Hale Center and Petersburg report more, and only Plainview reports less. Abernathy marks the far end of that range at $81,985, 60% above Cotton Center.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
79021 138 $51,094 3 3

Cotton Center roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Cotton Center, .