Big Bend National Park, TX · standard
ZIP Code 79834
Brewster County, Texas - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 200
- 0/sq mi
- $49,617
- Median income
- 87.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Big Bend National Park pairs one of the lowest household incomes in the country, in a rural, renter-heavy area.
- 14th pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- 0
- people per sq mi
- 2%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 79834 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 79834 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, home to just 200 residents across 2000.0 square miles, a density of 0 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 79834 reports a modest median household income of $49,617 (34% below the average Texas ZIP), while per-capita income is $54,447. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 4.5% 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.
This is a highly-educated ZIP: 87.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 30, 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 79834.
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 79834, Big Bend National Park, 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
200
Population
2000.0
Area (sq mi)
0
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 79834?
30.0
Median Age
79.2%
Male
20.8%
Female
4.5%
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?
$49,617
Median Household Income
-34% vs state ZIP avg
$54,447
Per Capita Income
4.5%
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
279housing units
279
Total Housing Units
249
Occupied Units
30
Vacant Units
1.27
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$834
Median Rent
1974
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 79834, 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.