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Marfa, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Marfa, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,503. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

Source:

ACS city ledger plate

Sheet MARFA-TX · Marfa, TX 1 ZIPs · 2,503 pop · #23033/25278 · Presidio County

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

  • INC-MID $45,263
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23033/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Presidio
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,503
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $289,300

Nearest income peer: Presidio, TX ( $2,445 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 Marfa

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

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.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Marfa, 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.

9th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,503
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$45,263
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 ($45,263 average) · poverty 25.4%. The primary code (79843) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Marfa as a pure owner town.

Within Texas, Benavides is the closest lower-income city and Zavalla the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Marfa.

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ZIP Codes in Marfa, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Presidio County, which covers 3 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Marfa. See the Presidio County roll-up →

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
79843 2,503 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 Marfa, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

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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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