76436 ZIP Code — Carlton, TX

ZIP code 76436 covers Carlton, Texas.

Poverty rate: 21.8%9.4 points above the US average
Typical home value: $394,334
Homeownership: 100%35 points above the US average
Time zone: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time

Where 76436 is

Carlton, Texas — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Family households	73.3%
Born outside the US	0%
Speaks a language other than English at home	26%
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0%
Hispanic or Latino	0%
Veterans	0%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Poverty rate	21.8%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	0%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	0.0%
$10–15k	0.0%
$15–20k	0.0%
$20–25k	0.0%
$25–30k	0.0%
$30–35k	0.0%
$35–40k	0.0%
$40–45k	0.0%
$45–50k	0.0%
$50–60k	86.7%
$60–75k	0.0%
$75–100k	0.0%
$100–125k	0.0%
$125–150k	13.3%
$150–200k	0.0%
$200k or more	0.0%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Tax returns filed	110
Mean adjusted gross income	$56,027
Returns declaring $200,000 or more	0%
Returns, under $25k	18.2%
Returns, $25k–$50k	36.4%
Returns, $50k–$75k	18.2%
Returns, $75k–$100k	27.3%
Returns, $100k–$200k	0.0%
Returns, $200k or more	0.0%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Owner-occupied	100%
Vacant homes	60.5%
Median year built	1938

What the homes are

Detached house	76.3%
Mobile home	23.7%

Home values and rents today

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Typical home value	$394,334as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 4.6%

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	0%
Works from home	11.1%
Drives to work alone	72.2%
Takes public transport	0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	0%

Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity	35.9% 2.5 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes	13.7% 1.7 pts above the national average of 12%
Currently smokes	14.7% 1.5 pts above the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure	38.6% 4.5 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health	22.6% 2.3 pts above the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)	15.7% 4.4 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depression	23.5% 1.6 pts above the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity	27.9% 2.5 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis	28.6% 3.5 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking	17.1% 1.1 pts above the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication	78.7% 4 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)	9.4% 1.7 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma	10.1% same as the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease	8.2% 2 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year	75.1% 1.6 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening	85% 0.9 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability	15.7% 0.9 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening	63.8% 0.5 pts below the national average of 64.3%
COPD	8.6% 2 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist	55.2% 6.1 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Any disability	34.7% 4 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Hearing disability	8.9% 2.2 pts above the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol	39.8% 3.6 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Independent living disability	8.9% 0.5 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Mammography use	69.5% 6.4 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)	17.5% 0.7 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability	16.5% 2.5 pts above the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)	15% 1.5 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability	4.3% same as the national average of 4%
Sleeps under 7 hours	37.4% 1 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Stroke	4% 0.6 pts above the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost	16.4% 3.4 pts above the national average of 13%
Vision disability	5.6% same as the national average of 5.6%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall risk	Higher than 92% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Relatively Low to Relatively High across the 3 census tracts this ZIP code covers
Expected annual loss	88.1 out of 100
Community resilience	15.6 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Wildfire	98.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	97.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	97.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought	96.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	91.2Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	88.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	86.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	84.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	80.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide	66.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	59.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	47.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	46.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	23.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Compared with Texas and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Texas	United States
Median household income	—	$76,292	$78,538
Income per person	—	$39,446	$43,289
Poverty rate	21.8%	13.8%	12.4%
Median home value	—	$260,400	$303,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,339	$1,348
Homeownership	100%	62.6%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	—	33.1%	35%
Unemployment rate	0%	5.1%	5.2%
Works from home	11.1%	12.8%	13.5%
Born outside the US	0%	17.2%	13.9%
Median age	—	35.5	38.7

Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather station	HICO, TX US17.5 km away
Rain in a year	36 in

Average high and low by month

January	58.6°F / 31.5°F2.4 in rain
February	61.7°F / 35.2°F2.81 in rain
March	69.2°F / 43°F3.02 in rain
April	77.1°F / 51.3°F3.12 in rain
May	83.2°F / 60.9°F4.39 in rain
June	90.8°F / 69.2°F4.77 in rain
July	94.4°F / 71.7°F2.06 in rain
August	95.5°F / 70.6°F2.73 in rain
September	87.6°F / 63.2°F2.72 in rain
October	78.4°F / 52.2°F3.81 in rain
November	67.5°F / 41.9°F2.2 in rain
December	59.3°F / 33°F2.14 in rain

Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket	3% of this ZIP code's area
Far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code

School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 3 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Hamilton Independent School District	57.7% of this ZIP code's land area
Hico Independent School District	28.5% of this ZIP code's land area
Dublin Independent School District	13.7% of this ZIP code's land area

Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability	67more vulnerable than 67% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	77more vulnerable than 77% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	65more vulnerable than 65% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	46more vulnerable than 46% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	42more vulnerable than 42% of US census tracts
Walkability	3.8 out of 20Least walkable

Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

76457 Hico, TX	16.7 km away
76455 Gustine, TX	21.2 km away
76452 Energy, TX	22.8 km away
76531 Hamilton, TX	25 km away
76468 Proctor, TX	25.4 km away
76446 Dublin, TX	26.6 km away
76565 Pottsville, TX	28 km away
76649 Iredell, TX	30 km away

Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Comanche County	85.6% of this ZIP code's land area
Hamilton County	11.2% of this ZIP code's land area
Erath County	3.2% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	50.71 sq mi
Water area	0.07 sq mi
Latitude, longitude	31.8949, -98.1842

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.