Happy, TX
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Happy, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,169. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet HAPPY-TX · Happy, TX 1 ZIPs · 1,169 pop · #13010/25278 · Swisher County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $70,590
- RANK-MID #13010/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Tulia
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 81% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 1,169
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $148,500
Nearest income peer: Tulia, TX ( $34,786 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 Happy
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Happy on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Kress · lowest
Kress · lowest
$34,922 median HH income
- Tulia · near
Tulia · near
$35,804 median HH income
- Happy · this city · highest
Happy · this city · highest
$70,590 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, Happy, TX sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 49th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 1,169
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $70,590
- 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 $70,590 and poverty 17.1% concentrate in 79042.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Happy as a pure owner town.
Within Texas, Bigfoot is the closest lower-income city and Penelope the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Happy.
ZIP Codes in Happy, TX
These ZIP codes sit in Swisher County, which covers 3 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Happy. See the Swisher County roll-up →
No other city sharing Swisher County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Happy. Tulia and Kress sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Kress marks the far end of that range at $34,922, 51% below Happy.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79042 | 1,169 | 1 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Happy, 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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