Uvalde, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Uvalde, TX: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 22,022. 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 UVALDE-TX · Uvalde, TX 2 ZIPs · 22,022 pop · #20307/25278 · Uvalde County

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

  • INC-MID $54,161
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20307/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Knippa
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 70% owners
  • POP-TOWN 22,022
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $152,700

Nearest income peer: Knippa, TX (+ $6 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 Uvalde

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Uvalde 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 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Uvalde, TX sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

20th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
22,022
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$54,161
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 2 ZIPs ($54,161 average) · poverty 22.3%. The primary code (78801) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Uvalde as a pure owner town.

Within Texas, Lamesa is the closest lower-income city and Knippa the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Uvalde.

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ZIP Codes in Uvalde, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Uvalde County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Uvalde. See the Uvalde County roll-up →

Uvalde sits in the lower half of Uvalde County on income: Utopia and Concan report more, and only Sabinal reports less. Concan marks the far end of that range at $106,250, 96% above Uvalde.

Side-by-side: Compare 78801 vs 78802 →

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
78801 21,780 10 America/Chicago
78802 242 8 America/Chicago

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Uvalde, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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