Hico, TX
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hico, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,960. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet HICO-TX · Hico, TX 1 ZIPs · 3,960 pop · #12319/25278 · Hamilton County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $72,238
- RANK-MID #12319/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Carlton
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 81% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 3,960
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $264,100
Nearest income peer: Carlton, TX ( $20,841 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 Hico
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hico on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Hamilton · lowest
Hamilton · lowest
$49,100 median HH income
- Carlton · near
Carlton · near
$51,397 median HH income
- Hico · this city · highest
Hico · this city · highest
$72,238 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, Hico, TX sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 49%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 3,960
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $72,238
- 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.
Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 76457 (3,960 residents). Household income $72,238 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Hico as a pure owner town.
Within Texas, Copperas Cove is the closest lower-income city and Andrews the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hico.
ZIP Codes in Hico, TX
These ZIP codes sit in Hamilton County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hico. See the Hamilton County roll-up →
No other city sharing Hamilton County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Hico. Hamilton and Carlton sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Hamilton marks the far end of that range at $49,100, 32% below Hico.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76457 | 3,960 | 5 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Hico, 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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