Rio Frio, TX · standard
ZIP Code 78879
Real County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 264
- 2/sq mi
- $101,484
- Median income
- $1,046,900
- Median home value
- 53.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Rio Frio pairs an upper-quartile household income with top-decile home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 18%
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 2%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 2
- people per sq mi
- 79%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 78879 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 78879 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Rio Frio, Real County, Texas, home to just 264 residents across 114.8 square miles, a density of 2 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 78879 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $101,484 (34% above the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $37,156. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 0.0% and unemployment is 0.0%. Housing is both higher-cost and owner-heavy: median home value is $1,046,900 (323% above the average Texas ZIP), while 78.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied.
This is a highly-educated ZIP: 53.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 60, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 2 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 1 more in Real County, so 78879 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 78879, Rio Frio, 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
264
Population
114.8
Area (sq mi)
2
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 78879?
60.0
Median Age
51.6%
Male
48.4%
Female
0.0%
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?
$101,484
Median Household Income
+34% vs state ZIP avg
$37,156
Per Capita Income
0.0%
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
175housing units
175
Total Housing Units
71
Occupied Units
104
Vacant Units
2.59
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$1,046,900
Median Home Value
+323% vs state ZIP avg
2004
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 6 business establishments in ZIP 78879, employing approximately 46 people with a combined annual payroll of $1,330,000.
6
Businesses
46
Employees
$1.3M
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
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 78879 vs 78873 →
ZIP 78879 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 78873
Leakey (78873)
1,788 residents
- 78838 275
Concan (78838)
275 residents
- 78879 264
Rio Frio (78879)
264 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 78879 ranks #3 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 78879, 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.