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Plainview, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Plainview, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 28,849. 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 PLAINVIEW-TX · Plainview, TX 1 ZIPs · 28,849 pop · #22540/25278 · Hale County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $47,255
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22540/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Cotton Center
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 56% owners
  • POP-SMALL 28,849
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $114,000

Nearest income peer: Cotton Center, TX (+ $3,839 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 Plainview

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Plainview 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 2026-08-25

National city placement

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

11th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
28,849
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$47,255
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 ($47,255 average) · poverty 23.3%. The primary code (79072) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (56.4%) for this income tier, rent $846 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Texas, Port Arthur is the closest lower-income city and Tenaha the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Plainview.

Population concentration

Plainview reads through its lone ZIP, 79072

28,849 ACS residents, one ZIP: 79072 is not the leading code inside Plainview, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Plainview's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 531 establishments, 7,793 employees , annual payroll $315,810k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 79072 (531 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (80) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Plainview, TX

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

Every one of the 5 cities sharing Hale County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Plainview, Abernathy, Hale Center and Petersburg among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Abernathy marks the far end of that range at $81,985, 73% above Plainview.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
79072 28,849 $47,255 531 29
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Plainview 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 Plainview, .