PlainZIP

Rio Hondo, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rio Hondo, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,623. 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 RIO-HONDO-TX · Rio Hondo, TX 1 ZIPs · 6,623 pop · #21296/25278 · Cameron County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $51,453
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21296/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Port Isabel
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,623
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $161,900

Nearest income peer: Port Isabel, TX (+ $427 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 Rio Hondo

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rio Hondo 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, Rio Hondo, TX sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

16th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,623
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$51,453
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 ($51,453 average) · poverty 17.6%. The primary code (78583) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Rio Hondo as a pure owner town.

Within Texas, Commerce is the closest lower-income city and Bacliff the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rio Hondo.

Population concentration

Rio Hondo's single ZIP 78583 carries the town

Rio Hondo is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 78583 is the entire residential footprint (6,623 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Rio Hondo

Citywide ZBP: 41 establishments, 551 employees , annual payroll $13,460k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 78583 (41 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (8) · also Health care and social assistance · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Rio Hondo, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Cameron County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Rio Hondo. See the Cameron County roll-up →

Rio Hondo lands mid-pack among the 10 cities sharing Cameron County: Brownsville, Harlingen and Los Fresnos earn more and San Benito, La Feria and Santa Rosa earn less. Olmito marks the far end of that range at $71,765, 39% above Rio Hondo.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
78583 6,623 $51,453 41 29
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Rio Hondo 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 Rio Hondo, .