Código postal 77488 — Wharton, TX

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El código postal 77488 cubre Wharton, Texas, con una población de unos 14,129 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $58,770.

Población: 14,12963 per square mile
Edad media: 38.5about the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $58,77023% below the Texas median
Tasa de pobreza: 18.8%6.4 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $222,038up 6.1% in five years
Alquiler medio: $98926% below the Texas median
Título universitario o superior: 18.9%16.1 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 62.3%2.7 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 312

Dónde está 77488

Wharton, Texas — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	14,129
Edad media	38.5
Hogares familiares	64.3%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	6.7%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	18.8%
Blanca (no hispana)	36.1%
Negra (no hispana)	21.8%
Asiática (no hispana)	1.2%
Hispana o latina	37.6%
Veteranos	8%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$58,770
Ingreso por persona	$27,277
Tasa de pobreza	18.8%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	16.4%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	11.5%
$10–15k	5.5%
$15–20k	5.0%
$20–25k	1.8%
$25–30k	5.3%
$30–35k	1.5%
$35–40k	7.9%
$40–45k	3.1%
$45–50k	3.2%
$50–60k	6.4%
$60–75k	12.1%
$75–100k	11.4%
$100–125k	9.4%
$125–150k	3.5%
$150–200k	5.1%
$200k or more	7.4%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	6,050
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$57,248
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	3%
Returns, under $25k	36.7%
Returns, $25k–$50k	27.4%
Returns, $50k–$75k	13.4%
Returns, $75k–$100k	7.6%
Returns, $100k–$200k	11.9%
Returns, $200k or more	3.0%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$173,100
Alquiler bruto medio	$989
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	26.5%
Ocupada por su propietario	62.3%
Viviendas vacías	14.1%
Año medio de construcción	1978

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	67.1%
Casa adosada	1.4%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	6.1%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	11.9%
20 o más viviendas	4.3%
Casa móvil	8%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	1.2%

Precios y alquileres actuales

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.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$222,038as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 2.2%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 6.1%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 52.7%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$121,197 in 2009 to $222,038 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	6.5%
Licenciatura o superior	18.9%
Bachillerato o superior	84.1%
Trabaja desde casa	3.8%
Conduce solo al trabajo	79%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	19.1%

Salud

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

Obesidad	42.1% 8.7 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	17.2% 5.2 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	15.7% 2.5 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	41.7% 7.6 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	28.1% 7.8 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	21% 9.7 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	21.3% 0.6 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	34.4% 9 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	28.1% 3 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	14.4% 1.6 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	79.1% 4.4 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	7.4% same as the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	10.5% same as the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	8.1% 1.9 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	76.5% same as the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	85.4% 0.5 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	17.2% 2.4 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	61.5% 2.8 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	8.6% 2 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	49.6% 11.7 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	38.1% 7.4 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	8.4% 1.7 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	38.6% 2.4 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	10.9% 2.5 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	71.3% 4.6 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	17.8% 1 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	20.2% 6.2 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	16.3% 2.8 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	6% 2 pts above the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	40.2% 3.8 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4.7% 1.3 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	19.6% 6.6 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	8.4% 2.8 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	312
Personas empleadas	3,673
Nómina anual	$145,219,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

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

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 89.1% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Very High en los 8 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	83.6 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	31.1 sobre 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.

Ola de frío	96.6Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	96.6Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	94.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	85.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	84.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	80.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	80.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	79.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	77.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	74.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	66.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	54.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	50.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	16.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Texas y Estados Unidos

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
Ingreso medio del hogar	$58,770	$76,292	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$27,277	$39,446	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	18.8%	13.8%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$173,100	$260,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$989	$1,339	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	62.3%	62.6%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	18.9%	33.1%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	6.5%	5.1%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	3.8%	12.8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	6.7%	17.2%	13.9%
Edad media	38.5	35.5	38.7

Clima

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.

Estación meteorológica	EL CAMPO, TX US22 km away
Lluvia al año	50 in

Average high and low by month

enero	64.9°F / 42.4°F3.13 in rain
febrero	68.3°F / 46.2°F1.95 in rain
marzo	75.5°F / 52.6°F2.81 in rain
abril	81.5°F / 59°F3.09 in rain
mayo	87.6°F / 66.7°F4.79 in rain
junio	92.2°F / 72.6°F4.89 in rain
julio	95.3°F / 74.5°F4.3 in rain
agosto	96.1°F / 74.1°F3.92 in rain
septiembre	92.6°F / 70°F5.71 in rain
octubre	85.4°F / 60.3°F5.59 in rain
noviembre	75°F / 51.4°F5.69 in rain
diciembre	67°F / 44.7°F3.73 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

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.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	9% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	14% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	9% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

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.

Wharton Independent School District	56.9% de la superficie de este código postal
El Campo Independent School District	24.7% de la superficie de este código postal
Boling Independent School District	18.5% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

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.

Vulnerabilidad social general	77más vulnerable que el 77% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	69más vulnerable que el 69% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	74más vulnerable que el 74% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	71más vulnerable que el 71% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	70más vulnerable que el 70% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	5.9 out of 20Below average

Códigos postales cercanos

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

77448 Hungerford, TX	a 10.4 km
77443 Glen Flora, TX	a 10.8 km
77453 Lane City, TX	a 13 km
77420 Boling, TX	a 13.2 km
77467 Pierce, TX	a 13.7 km
77451 Kendleton, TX	a 16.2 km
77435 East Bernard, TX	a 17 km
77436 Egypt, TX	a 17.4 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

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.

Wharton County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	224.98 sq mi
Superficie de agua	2.46 sq mi
Densidad de población	63 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	29.3205, -96.0858

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.