Trent, TX · standard
ZIP Code 79561
Taylor County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 662
- 2/sq mi
- $93,250
- Median income
- $120,800
- Median home value
- 13.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Trent pairs an upper-quartile household income with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 24%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 17th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 2
- people per sq mi
- 86%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 79561 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 79561 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Trent, Taylor County, Texas, home to just 662 residents across 331.0 square miles, a density of 2 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 79561 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $93,250 (23% above the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $43,126. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 6.2% and unemployment is 1.2%. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $120,800 (51% below the average Texas ZIP), and median rent is $725; owner occupancy is 85.9%.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 13.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 48.1, and the average commute is 24 minutes. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Texas and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 79561.
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 79561, Trent, 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
662
Population
331.0
Area (sq mi)
2
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 79561?
48.1
Median Age
57.6%
Male
42.4%
Female
3.0%
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?
$93,250
Median Household Income
+23% vs state ZIP avg
$43,126
Per Capita Income
6.2%
Poverty Rate
1.2%
Unemployment Rate
23.9 min
Mean Commute Time
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
317housing units
317
Total Housing Units
255
Occupied Units
62
Vacant Units
2.61
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$120,800
Median Home Value
-51% vs state ZIP avg
$725
Median Rent
1977
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 10 business establishments in ZIP 79561, employing approximately 79 people with a combined annual payroll of $3,125,000.
10
Businesses
79
Employees
$3.1M
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 79561, 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.