State profile · TX
Texas ZIP Codes
Demographics, income, and housing across every ZIP code in Texas, benchmarked against all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico.
- 1,935
- ZIP codes
- 25,144,800
- Population
- $75,579
- Avg ZIP income
- 254
- Counties
The verdict
Texas leads ZIP coverage at 1,935 ZCTAs (#1 of 52). That is not the income board: New Jersey's unweighted average ZIP household income is $121,992 (#1 of 52) on 595 ZCTAs.
- Texas
- ZIP-count #1 (1,935)
- New Jersey
- income #1 ($121,992)
- #1
- of 52 by ZIP count
- #29
- of 52 by avg income
ZIP-count and income are separate boards among 52 reporting states and territories. Income is the unweighted mean of each ZIP's ACS 2019–2023 median household income, so a rural code counts the same as a dense metro.
Above-median income ($75,579) across a continent-scale ZIP mosaic (1,935 codes). Home values average $247,551. Population-unweighted ZIP averages give rural codes the same vote as metros, so the state mean is a compromise: sort counties by population, then compare one urban ZIP against one rural ZIP before reading relocation or affordability stories from the headline alone.
Population is dispersed across many cities (largest share ~12% in Houston). No single metro owns the narrative: scan the largest-cities chart for several peers, then pick counties from different regions before drilling to ZIP detail. Unweighted ZIP averages are especially noisy on this dispersed map.
Wide mosaics repay a shortlist: save two urban ZIPs and one rural ZIP from the tables below, then run a side-by-side compare before any relocation or affordability read. County pages are the right intermediate step when the ZIP list runs past a thousand codes.
Largest cities in Texas
Top 10 cities by population in Texas
Total resident population aggregated from every ZIP code the Census assigns to each city.
- Houston
Houston, TX
2,906,700 residents
- San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
1,578,279 residents
- Dallas
Dallas, TX
1,263,321 residents
- Austin 940,359
Austin, TX
940,359 residents
- Fort Worth 813,980
Fort Worth, TX
813,980 residents
- El Paso 746,640
El Paso, TX
746,640 residents
- Arlington 370,281
Arlington, TX
370,281 residents
- Spring 316,665
Spring, TX
316,665 residents
- Corpus Christi 306,433
Corpus Christi, TX
306,433 residents
- Plano 278,067
Plano, TX
278,067 residents
What this shows No single metro owns Texas: the top-10 cities share the map, and most of the 1,370 places are far smaller – use several peers before drilling to ZIP detail.
Counties in Texas
Which cities have the most ZIPs in Texas?
Side-by-side: Compare 79936 vs 77084 →
ZIP Codes in Texas
More TX ZIP codes
Official Data Resources for Texas
Large ZIP mosaics need Census ACS tables plus HUD Fair Market Rents when comparing rent bands across metros inside Texas.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does Texas show so many ZIP codes on one profile?
Texas's 1,935 delivery areas span 254 counties and 1,370 cities – a mosaic large enough that this page is a map legend, not a street-level read. Drill to a county or city before treating any ZIP average as typical Texas.
Does Texas's above-median ZIP income mean every market is expensive?
No. The unweighted ZIP mean ($75,579) still mixes dense suburbs with thinner edges, and home values average $247,551. Open the densest metro and one thin-edge county before reading affordability from the state line alone.
Why doesn't one city define Texas?
Population is dispersed (largest share ~12% in Houston). Scan several peers on the largest-cities chart, then pick counties from different regions before drilling to ZIP detail – unweighted ZIP averages are especially noisy on a dispersed map.
Take this with you
What to do with Texas's numbers, next.
- See how Texas compares to a neighboring state on the same Census fields Compare states
- Check where Texas's ZIP codes rank nationally on income, education, or homeownership View national rankings
- Save a ZIP code to your shortlist to track alongside others you're considering View your shortlist
Figures describe 2019–2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates aggregated from ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs), Census Bureau approximations of USPS ZIP codes, not any single address.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023); USPS ZIP Code Tabulation Areas via the HUD USPS Crosswalk.
Read our methodology to see how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.