Carbon, TX · standard
ZIP Code 76435
Eastland County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 612
- 3/sq mi
- $76,667
- Median income
- $148,000
- Median home value
- 22.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Carbon pairs an above-median household income with below-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 43%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 25th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 3
- people per sq mi
- 83%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 76435 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 76435 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Carbon, Eastland County, Texas, home to just 612 residents across 185.5 square miles, a density of 3 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 76435 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $76,667 (1% above the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $32,983. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 2.9% and unemployment is 0.3%. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $148,000 (40% below the average Texas ZIP), and median rent is $1,571; owner occupancy is 82.8%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 22.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 34, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 3 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 6 more in Eastland County, so 76435 can be compared with both its immediate and county-level context.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 76435, Carbon, TX · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
612
Population
185.5
Area (sq mi)
3
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 76435?
34.0
Median Age
56.1%
Male
43.9%
Female
8.1%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$76,667
Median Household Income
+1% vs state ZIP avg
$32,983
Per Capita Income
2.9%
Poverty Rate
0.3%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
322housing units
322
Total Housing Units
244
Occupied Units
78
Vacant Units
2.98
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$148,000
Median Home Value
-40% vs state ZIP avg
$1,571
Median Rent
1987
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 11 business establishments in ZIP 76435, employing approximately 87 people with a combined annual payroll of $2,866,000.
11
Businesses
87
Employees
$2.9M
Annual Payroll
1
Industry Sectors
| Industry | Establishments | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Other services (except public administration) | 3 | 27.3% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 76435 vs 76454 →
ZIP 76435 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 76448
Eastland (76448)
5,628 residents
- 76471 1,906
Rising Star (76471)
1,906 residents
- 76454 1,688
Gorman (76454)
1,688 residents
- 76435 612
Carbon (76435)
612 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 76435 ranks #4 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 76435 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 76435
Carbon (76435)
$76,667 median income
- 76448
Eastland (76448)
$57,122 median income
- 76471
Rising Star (76471)
$54,773 median income
- 76454
Gorman (76454)
$36,354 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 76435 ranks the highest of 4 neighboring ZIPs, local affluence varies block to block, not just metro to metro.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 76435, both outside TX so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.