Wheeler, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wheeler, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,229. 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 WHEELER-TX · Wheeler, TX 1 ZIPs · 2,229 pop · #14400/25278 · Wheeler County

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

  • INC-MID $67,165
  • RANK-MID #14400/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Allison
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,229
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $160,600

Nearest income peer: Allison, TX (+ $5,960 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 Wheeler

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

43rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,229
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$67,165
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $67,165 and poverty 12.5% concentrate in 79096.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Wheeler as a pure owner town.

Within Texas, Marquez is the closest lower-income city and Texas City the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wheeler.

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ZIP Codes in Wheeler, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Wheeler County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Wheeler. See the Wheeler County roll-up →

Wheeler lands mid-pack among the 4 cities sharing Wheeler County: Mobeetie and Allison earn more and Shamrock and Briscoe earn less. Mobeetie marks the far end of that range at $99,861, 49% above Wheeler.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
79096 2,229 4 America/Chicago

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Wheeler, 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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