Comstock, TX · standard
ZIP Code 78837
Val Verde County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 281
- 0/sq mi
- $49,737
- Median income
- $209,200
- Median home value
- 62.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Comstock pairs one of the lowest household incomes in the country with below-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- 14th pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- 46th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 0
- people per sq mi
- 87%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 78837 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 78837 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Comstock, Val Verde County, Texas, home to just 281 residents across 2810.0 square miles, a density of 0 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 78837 reports a modest median household income of $49,737 (34% below the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $38,313. The poverty rate is 13.3%, with unemployment at 0.0%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $209,200 (15% below the average Texas ZIP); owner occupancy is 87.1%.
This is a highly-educated ZIP: 62.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 66.5, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Texas and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 78837.
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 78837, Comstock, 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
281
Population
2810.0
Area (sq mi)
0
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 78837?
66.5
Median Age
42.2%
Male
57.8%
Female
3.1%
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?
$49,737
Median Household Income
-34% vs state ZIP avg
$38,313
Per Capita Income
13.3%
Poverty Rate
0.0%
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
101housing units
101
Total Housing Units
70
Occupied Units
31
Vacant Units
1.71
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$209,200
Median Home Value
-15% vs state ZIP avg
1985
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 78837, 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.