Yoakum, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Yoakum, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,567. 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 YOAKUM-TX · Yoakum, TX 1 ZIPs · 9,567 pop · #20245/25278 · Lavaca County

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

  • INC-MID $54,298
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20245/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Moulton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 69% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,567
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $188,600

Nearest income peer: Moulton, TX (+ $5,488 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 Yoakum

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Yoakum 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, Yoakum, 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.

20th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,567
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$54,298
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 ($54,298 average) · poverty 14.6%. The primary code (77995) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Yoakum as a pure owner town.

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

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ZIP Codes in Yoakum, TX

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

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Lavaca County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Yoakum, Hallettsville, Shiner and Moulton among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Shiner marks the far end of that range at $92,656, 71% above Yoakum.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
77995 9,567 10 America/Chicago

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