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Port Lavaca, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Port Lavaca, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 17,144. 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 PORT-LAVACA-TX · Port Lavaca, TX 1 ZIPs · 17,144 pop · #10333/25278 · Calhoun County

INC-HIGH · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $77,039
  • RANK-MID #10333/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Port O Connor
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-TOWN 17,144
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $156,200

Nearest income peer: Port O Connor, TX (+ $18,554 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 Port Lavaca

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Port Lavaca 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, Port Lavaca, TX sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 41%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
17,144
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$77,039
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 77979 (17,144 residents). Household income $77,039 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Port Lavaca as a pure owner town.

Within Texas, Woodsboro is the closest lower-income city and Ennis the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Port Lavaca.

Population concentration

Port Lavaca's single ZIP 77979 carries the town

Port Lavaca is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 77979 is the entire residential footprint (17,144 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Port Lavaca's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 347 establishments, 5,936 employees , annual payroll $352,135k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 77979 (347 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (55) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Port Lavaca, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Calhoun County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Port Lavaca. See the Calhoun County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Calhoun County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Port Lavaca, Seadrift, Port O Connor and Point Comfort among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Point Comfort marks the far end of that range at $142,500, 85% above Port Lavaca.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
77979 17,144 $77,039 347 19
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Port Lavaca 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 Port Lavaca, .