Tarzan, TX · standard
ZIP Code 79783
Martin County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 201
- 1/sq mi
- $128,516
- Median income
- 26.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Tarzan pairs a top-decile household income, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 7%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 92%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 79783 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 79783 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Tarzan, Martin County, Texas, home to just 201 residents across 402.0 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 79783 skews affluent, with a median household income of $128,516 (70% above the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $59,942. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 0.0% and unemployment is 0.0%. The ACS does not report a median home value for this ZIP, so housing cost context is limited to the available tenure and rent fields.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 26.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 40.2, 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 79783.
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 79783, Tarzan, 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
201
Population
402.0
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 79783?
40.2
Median Age
55.8%
Male
44.2%
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?
$128,516
Median Household Income
+70% vs state ZIP avg
$59,942
Per Capita Income
0.0%
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
49housing units
49
Total Housing Units
37
Occupied Units
12
Vacant Units
3.05
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
1978
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 11 business establishments in ZIP 79783, employing approximately 177 people with a combined annual payroll of $27,063,000.
11
Businesses
177
Employees
$27.1M
Annual Payroll
1
Industry Sectors
| Industry | Establishments | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 3 | 27.3% |
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 79783, 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.