Merkel, TX
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Merkel, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,988. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MERKEL-TX · Merkel, TX 1 ZIPs · 4,988 pop · #12784/25278 · Taylor County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $71,131
- RANK-MID #12784/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ovalo
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 74% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 4,988
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $136,400
Nearest income peer: Ovalo, TX ( $99 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 Merkel
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Merkel on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Tye · lowest
Tye · lowest
$49,276 median HH income
- Abilene · near
Abilene · near
$67,764 median HH income
- Ovalo · near
Ovalo · near
$71,032 median HH income
- Merkel · this city
Merkel · this city
$71,131 median HH income
- Lawn · near
Lawn · near
$71,979 median HH income
- Wingate · near
Wingate · near
$77,000 median HH income
- Tuscola · highest
Tuscola · highest
$109,572 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, Merkel, 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
- 4,988
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $71,131
- 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 $71,131 and poverty 13.7% concentrate in 79536.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Merkel as a pure owner town.
Within Texas, Ingleside is the closest lower-income city and Howe the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Merkel.
ZIP Codes in Merkel, TX
These ZIP codes sit in Taylor County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Merkel. See the Taylor County roll-up →
Merkel lands mid-pack among the 9 cities sharing Taylor County: Tuscola, Buffalo Gap and Trent earn more and Abilene, Dyess Afb and Tye earn less. Tuscola marks the far end of that range at $109,572, 54% above Merkel.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79536 | 4,988 | 6 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Merkel, 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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