Lawn, TX · standard
ZIP Code 79530
Taylor County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 480
- 5/sq mi
- $71,979
- Median income
- $88,300
- Median home value
- 18.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Lawn pairs an above-median household income with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 50%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 6th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 5
- people per sq mi
- 79%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 79530 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 79530 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Lawn, Taylor County, Texas, home to just 480 residents across 88.9 square miles, a density of 5 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 79530 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $71,979 (5% below the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $35,332. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 6.5% and unemployment is 2.6%. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $88,300 (64% below the average Texas ZIP), and median rent is $1,100; owner occupancy is 78.6%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 18.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 44.3, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 4 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 6 more in Taylor County, so 79530 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 79530, Lawn, 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
480
Population
88.9
Area (sq mi)
5
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 79530?
44.3
Median Age
51.0%
Male
49.0%
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?
$71,979
Median Household Income
-5% vs state ZIP avg
$35,332
Per Capita Income
6.5%
Poverty Rate
2.6%
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
196housing units
196
Total Housing Units
159
Occupied Units
37
Vacant Units
2.47
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$88,300
Median Home Value
-64% vs state ZIP avg
$1,100
Median Rent
1959
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 9 business establishments in ZIP 79530, employing approximately 23 people with a combined annual payroll of $458,000.
9
Businesses
23
Employees
$458K
Annual Payroll
1
Industry Sectors
| Industry | Establishments | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Construction | 3 | 33.3% |
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 79530 vs 79541 →
ZIP 79530 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 79562
Tuscola (79562)
3,669 residents
- 79541 791
Ovalo (79541)
791 residents
- 79530 480
Lawn (79530)
480 residents
- 79538 271
Novice (79538)
271 residents
- 79519 74
Goldsboro (79519)
74 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 79530 ranks #3 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 79530 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 79519
Goldsboro (79519)
$163,380 median income
- 79562
Tuscola (79562)
$109,572 median income
- 79530
Lawn (79530)
$71,979 median income
- 79541
Ovalo (79541)
$71,032 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 79530 ranks #3 of 4 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 79530, 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.