Goldsmith, TX · standard
ZIP Code 79741
Ector County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 288
- 1/sq mi
- $112,969
- Median income
- $141,700
- Median home value
- 27.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Goldsmith pairs an upper-quartile household income with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 12%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 23rd pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 77%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 79741 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 79741 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Goldsmith, Ector County, Texas, home to just 288 residents across 576.0 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 79741 skews affluent, with a median household income of $112,969 (49% above the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $49,198. The poverty rate is 2.3%, with unemployment at 4.7%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $141,700 (43% below the average Texas ZIP); owner occupancy is 77.3%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 27.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 43.5, 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 79741.
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 79741, Goldsmith, 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
288
Population
576.0
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 79741?
43.5
Median Age
39.0%
Male
61.0%
Female
1.1%
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?
$112,969
Median Household Income
+49% vs state ZIP avg
$49,198
Per Capita Income
2.3%
Poverty Rate
4.7%
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
87housing units
87
Total Housing Units
75
Occupied Units
12
Vacant Units
2.36
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$141,700
Median Home Value
-43% vs state ZIP avg
1958
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 21 business establishments in ZIP 79741, employing approximately 313 people with a combined annual payroll of $33,920,000.
21
Businesses
313
Employees
$33.9M
Annual Payroll
2
Industry Sectors
| Industry | Establishments | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 9 | 42.9% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 3 | 14.3% |
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 79741, 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.