Avoca, TX · standard
ZIP Code 79503
Jones County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 175
- 1/sq mi
- $98,697
- Median income
- $114,000
- Median home value
- 31.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Avoca pairs an upper-quartile household income with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 20%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 14th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 89%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 79503 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 79503 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Avoca, Jones County, Texas, home to just 175 residents across 194.4 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 79503 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $98,697 (31% above the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $58,100. The poverty rate is 4.5%, with unemployment at 4.3%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $114,000 (54% below the average Texas ZIP); owner occupancy is 89.0%.
A solid share of residents have a four-year degree: 31.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 42.8, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 2 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 5 more in Jones County, so 79503 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 79503, Avoca, 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
175
Population
194.4
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 79503?
42.8
Median Age
63.4%
Male
36.6%
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?
$98,697
Median Household Income
+31% vs state ZIP avg
$58,100
Per Capita Income
4.5%
Poverty Rate
4.3%
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
128housing units
128
Total Housing Units
109
Occupied Units
19
Vacant Units
1.85
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$114,000
Median Home Value
-54% vs state ZIP avg
1953
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 79503 vs 79533 →
ZIP 79503 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 79553
Stamford (79553)
3,469 residents
- 79533 472
Lueders (79533)
472 residents
- 79503 175
Avoca (79503)
175 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 79503 ranks #3 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 79503 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 79503
Avoca (79503)
$98,697 median income
- 79533
Lueders (79533)
$59,375 median income
- 79553
Stamford (79553)
$47,839 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 79503 ranks the highest 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 79503, 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.