Gail, TX · standard
ZIP Code 79738
Borden County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 275
- 0/sq mi
- $76,250
- Median income
- $105,000
- Median home value
- 52.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Gail pairs an above-median household income with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 43%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 11th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 0
- people per sq mi
- 62%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 79738 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 79738 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Gail, Borden County, Texas, home to just 275 residents across 916.7 square miles, a density of 0 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 79738 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $76,250 (1% above the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $36,888. The poverty rate is 8.5%, with unemployment at 0.0%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $105,000 (58% below the average Texas ZIP); owner occupancy is 62.1%.
This is a highly-educated ZIP: 52.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 28.3, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Texas and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 79738.
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 79738, Gail, 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
275
Population
916.7
Area (sq mi)
0
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 79738?
28.3
Median Age
40.8%
Male
59.2%
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?
$76,250
Median Household Income
+1% vs state ZIP avg
$36,888
Per Capita Income
8.5%
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
146housing units
146
Total Housing Units
116
Occupied Units
30
Vacant Units
3.04
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$105,000
Median Home Value
-58% vs state ZIP avg
1991
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 4 business establishments in ZIP 79738, employing approximately 10 people with a combined annual payroll of $580,000.
4
Businesses
10
Employees
$580K
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 79738, 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.