Rochester, TX · standard
ZIP Code 79544
Haskell County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 512
- 2/sq mi
- $41,750
- Median income
- $82,500
- Median home value
- 12.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Rochester pairs one of the lowest household incomes in the country with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- 7th pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- 5th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 2
- people per sq mi
- 85%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 79544 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 79544 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Rochester, Haskell County, Texas, home to just 512 residents across 213.3 square miles, a density of 2 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 79544 reports a modest median household income of $41,750 (45% below the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $29,549. The poverty rate is 18.8%, with unemployment at 1.5%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $82,500 (67% below the average Texas ZIP), and median rent is $700; owner occupancy is 85.3%.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 12.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 37, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 3 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 5 more in Haskell County, so 79544 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 79544, Rochester, 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
512
Population
213.3
Area (sq mi)
2
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 79544?
37.0
Median Age
62.0%
Male
38.0%
Female
1.0%
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?
$41,750
Median Household Income
-45% vs state ZIP avg
$29,549
Per Capita Income
18.8%
Poverty Rate
1.5%
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
205housing units
205
Total Housing Units
136
Occupied Units
69
Vacant Units
2.81
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$82,500
Median Home Value
-67% vs state ZIP avg
$700
Median Rent
1962
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 3 business establishments in ZIP 79544, employing approximately 8 people with a combined annual payroll of $76,000.
3
Businesses
8
Employees
$76K
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 79544 vs 79539 →
ZIP 79544 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 79529
Knox City (79529)
1,383 residents
- 79547
Rule (79547)
758 residents
- 79544 512
Rochester (79544)
512 residents
- 79539 178
O Brien (79539)
178 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 79544 ranks #3 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 79544 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 79529
Knox City (79529)
$50,694 median income
- 79539
O Brien (79539)
$46,250 median income
- 79544
Rochester (79544)
$41,750 median income
- 79547
Rule (79547)
$41,023 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 79544 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 79544, 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.