Sweet Home, TX · standard
ZIP Code 77987
Lavaca County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 161
- 13/sq mi
- $83,750
- Median income
- $314,100
- Median home value
- 17.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Sweet Home pairs an above-median household income with above-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 34%
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 31%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 13
- people per sq mi
- 73%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 77987 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 77987 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Sweet Home, Lavaca County, Texas, home to just 161 residents across 12.2 square miles, a density of 13 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 77987 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $83,750 (11% above the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $25,792. The poverty rate is 14.6%, with unemployment at 6.9%; those measures add context to the income figure. Housing is both higher-cost and owner-heavy: median home value is $314,100 (27% above the average Texas ZIP), while 73.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 17.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 40.8, and the average commute is 24 minutes. The page also surfaces 2 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 4 more in Lavaca County, so 77987 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 77987, Sweet Home, 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
161
Population
12.2
Area (sq mi)
13
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 77987?
40.8
Median Age
51.8%
Male
48.2%
Female
5.1%
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?
$83,750
Median Household Income
+11% vs state ZIP avg
$25,792
Per Capita Income
14.6%
Poverty Rate
6.9%
Unemployment Rate
24.2 min
Mean Commute Time
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
106housing units
106
Total Housing Units
86
Occupied Units
20
Vacant Units
2.94
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$314,100
Median Home Value
+27% vs state ZIP avg
1968
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 77987 vs 77995 →
ZIP 77987 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 77995
Yoakum (77995)
9,567 residents
- 77984
Shiner (77984)
4,295 residents
- 77987 161
Sweet Home (77987)
161 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 77987 ranks #3 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 77987 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 77984
Shiner (77984)
$92,656 median income
- 77987
Sweet Home (77987)
$83,750 median income
- 77995
Yoakum (77995)
$54,298 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 77987 ranks #2 of 3 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 77987, 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.