Howard
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Texas
Howard is a smaller county in Texas with 5 ZIP codes, 35,953 people, and upper-quartile household income among US counties. All data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year Estimates.
National county placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Howard, TX sits among US counties with an upper-quartile household income, on a smaller county population base, across a compact ZIP cluster.
- Top 15%
- household income vs 3,210 US counties
- 35,953
- combined ZIP population
- 5
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $86,050
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this county's average ZIP median household income against 3,210 US counties with ACS income on at least one ZIP.
Howard lands in the national county income distribution as upper-quartile household income on smaller county footing (FIPS 48227, 5 ZIPs, combined population 35,953). Sort the ZIP table by population before treating the county mean as uniform.
Upper-income footing across a mid-size ZIP set (5 codes). Sibling delivery areas are close enough that a two-ZIP compare usually separates the county seat from outlying tracts without leaving Howard. Use the density column to spot the urban core before jumping to HUD/FBI county overlays.
Save two ZIPs from the table into your shortlist, then open a compare link - that is the return path a static county summary cannot replace. All figures here come from Census ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates and USPS ZCTA files.
5
Total ZIPs
35,953
Total Population
ZIP Codes in Howard
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Data sources
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). Verify with HUD →
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