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Sour Lake, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sour Lake, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,910. 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 SOUR-LAKE-TX · Sour Lake, TX 1 ZIPs · 4,910 pop · #3006/25278 · Hardin County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $110,590
  • RANK-TOP #3006/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Lumberton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,910
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $241,100

Nearest income peer: Lumberton, TX ( $14,872 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 Sour Lake

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sour Lake 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, Sour Lake, TX sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,910
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$110,590
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $110,590 and home value $241,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 30.9%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Texas, Ivanhoe is the closest lower-income city and Eola the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sour Lake.

Population concentration

Sour Lake reads through its lone ZIP, 77659

4,910 ACS residents, one ZIP: 77659 is not the leading code inside Sour Lake, 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 Sour Lake's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 88 establishments, 872 employees , annual payroll $66,529k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 77659 (88 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (16) · also Construction · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Sour Lake, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Hardin County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sour Lake. See the Hardin County roll-up →

No other city sharing Hardin County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Sour Lake. Lumberton, Silsbee and Kountze sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Silsbee marks the far end of that range at $62,303, 44% below Sour Lake.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
77659 4,910 $110,590 88 16
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Sour Lake 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 Sour Lake, .