Prairie Lea, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Prairie Lea, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 335. 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 PRAIRIE-LEA-TX · Prairie Lea, TX 1 ZIPs · 335 pop · #8378/25278 · Caldwell County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $82,896
  • RANK-UPPER #8378/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Maxwell
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 91% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 335
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $209,700

Nearest income peer: Maxwell, TX ( $1,550 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 Prairie Lea

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

Top 33%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
335
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$82,896
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 78661 (335 residents). Household income $82,896 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (91.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Texas, Desoto is the closest lower-income city and Ganado the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Prairie Lea.

Population concentration

Prairie Lea reads through its lone ZIP, 78661

335 ACS residents, one ZIP: 78661 is not the leading code inside Prairie Lea, 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 Prairie Lea's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 38 employees , annual payroll $2,752k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 78661 (8 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Prairie Lea, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Caldwell County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Prairie Lea. See the Caldwell County roll-up →

No other city sharing Caldwell County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Prairie Lea. Lockhart, Luling and Dale sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Martindale marks the far end of that range at $55,952, 33% below Prairie Lea.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
78661 335 $82,896 8 51

Prairie Lea 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 Prairie Lea, .