Roaring Springs, TX · standard
ZIP Code 79256
Motley County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 319
- 1/sq mi
- $39,231
- Median income
- $65,800
- Median home value
- 15.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Roaring Springs pairs one of the lowest household incomes in the country with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- 5th pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- 2nd pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 76%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 79256 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 79256 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Roaring Springs, Motley County, Texas, home to just 319 residents across 455.7 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 79256 sits on the lower end of the income spectrum: median household income is $39,231 (48% below the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $20,585. The poverty rate is 17.9%, with unemployment at 0.0%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $65,800 (73% below the average Texas ZIP), and median rent is $877; owner occupancy is 75.5%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 15.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 57.6, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 2 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 2 more in Motley County, so 79256 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 79256, Roaring Springs, 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
319
Population
455.7
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 79256?
57.6
Median Age
48.3%
Male
51.7%
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?
$39,231
Median Household Income
-48% vs state ZIP avg
$20,585
Per Capita Income
17.9%
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
176housing units
176
Total Housing Units
102
Occupied Units
74
Vacant Units
2.84
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$65,800
Median Home Value
-73% vs state ZIP avg
$877
Median Rent
1957
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 7 business establishments in ZIP 79256, employing approximately 33 people with a combined annual payroll of $1,438,000.
7
Businesses
33
Employees
$1.4M
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 79256 vs 79220 →
ZIP 79256 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 79244
Matador (79244)
720 residents
- 79256
Roaring Springs (79256)
319 residents
- 79220 197
Afton (79220)
197 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 79256 ranks #2 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 79256 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 79244
Matador (79244)
$71,875 median income
- 79220
Afton (79220)
$49,792 median income
- 79256
Roaring Springs (79256)
$39,231 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 79256 ranks #3 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 79256, 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.