Código postal 77979 — Port Lavaca, TX

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El código postal 77979 cubre Port Lavaca, Texas, con una población de unos 16,179 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $68,877.

Población: 16,17948 per square mile
Edad media: 37.71 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $68,87710% below the Texas median
Tasa de pobreza: 9.7%2.7 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $188,553up 4.4% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,06520% below the Texas median
Título universitario o superior: 18%17 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 76%11 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 371

Dónde está 77979

Port Lavaca, 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	16,179
Edad media	37.7
Hogares familiares	69.3%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	10.7%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	33.4%
Blanca (no hispana)	36.5%
Negra (no hispana)	2.7%
Asiática (no hispana)	6.5%
Hispana o latina	53%
Veteranos	8.2%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$68,877
Ingreso por persona	$36,552
Tasa de pobreza	9.7%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	17.6%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	4.5%
$10–15k	3.8%
$15–20k	2.1%
$20–25k	2.4%
$25–30k	2.3%
$30–35k	3.7%
$35–40k	4.9%
$40–45k	3.3%
$45–50k	4.4%
$50–60k	11.4%
$60–75k	11.3%
$75–100k	16.6%
$100–125k	10.0%
$125–150k	8.6%
$150–200k	5.1%
$200k or more	5.5%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	7,350
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$66,065
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	3.9%
Returns, under $25k	31.8%
Returns, $25k–$50k	23.7%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.5%
Returns, $75k–$100k	9.3%
Returns, $100k–$200k	15.8%
Returns, $200k or more	3.9%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$137,700
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,065
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	24.7%
Ocupada por su propietario	76%
Viviendas vacías	13.9%
Año medio de construcción	1975

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	74.9%
Casa adosada	1.8%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	6.4%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	1.4%
20 o más viviendas	3.7%
Casa móvil	11.6%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.3%

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	$188,553as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 1%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 4.4%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 38.7%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$116,390 in 2009 to $188,553 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	4.4%
Licenciatura o superior	18%
Bachillerato o superior	82%
Trabaja desde casa	4.5%
Conduce solo al trabajo	83.3%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	5.9%

Salud

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

Obesidad	35% 1.6 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	14.7% 2.7 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	12.8% same as the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	35.8% 1.7 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	24.7% 4.4 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	23% 11.7 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	19.9% 2 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	31.7% 6.3 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	24.3% 0.8 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	15.9% same as the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	77% 2.3 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	7% 0.7 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	9.2% 1.2 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	6.8% 0.6 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	74.2% 2.5 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	85.4% 0.5 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	15.4% 0.6 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	60.5% 3.8 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	6.4% same as the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	53.3% 8 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	34.2% 3.5 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	7.8% 1.1 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	38.1% 1.9 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	8.7% same as the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	71.7% 4.2 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	16.2% 0.6 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	16.6% 2.6 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	14.8% 1.3 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	4.6% 0.6 pts above the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	38.3% 1.9 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	3.6% same as the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	13.9% 0.9 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	7% 1.4 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	371
Personas empleadas	5,533
Nómina anual	$328,798,000

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 89.2% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Moderate to Very High en los 9 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	86.5 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	60 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.

Huracán	97.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	96Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	91.7Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	91Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación costera	86.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	83.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	68.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	60.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	60.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	56.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	52Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	50.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	45.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	42.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	10.6Very 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	$68,877	$76,292	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$36,552	$39,446	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	9.7%	13.8%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$137,700	$260,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,065	$1,339	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	76%	62.6%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	18%	33.1%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	4.4%	5.1%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	4.5%	12.8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	10.7%	17.2%	13.9%
Edad media	37.7	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	PT COMFORT, TX US9.3 km away
Lluvia al año	41 in

Average high and low by month

enero	64°F / 45.7°F3.11 in rain
febrero	67.7°F / 49.4°F1.84 in rain
marzo	72.6°F / 56.5°F3.2 in rain
abril	78.3°F / 62.9°F2.61 in rain
mayo	84°F / 70.7°F4.25 in rain
junio	89.4°F / 76.4°F4.85 in rain
julio	91.2°F / 78.4°F3.15 in rain
agosto	92.4°F / 78.2°F3.42 in rain
septiembre	88.7°F / 73.1°F4.82 in rain
octubre	82.7°F / 64.5°F3.65 in rain
noviembre	73.7°F / 55°F3.57 in rain
diciembre	66.7°F / 48°F2.92 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	17% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	49% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code

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.

Calhoun County Independent School District	80.3% de la superficie de este código postal
Bloomington Independent School District	10.7% de la superficie de este código postal
Palacios Independent School District	9% 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	51más vulnerable que el 51% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	40más vulnerable que el 40% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	48más vulnerable que el 48% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	60más vulnerable que el 60% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	59más vulnerable que el 59% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.7 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

77978 Point Comfort, TX	a 10.2 km
77969 La Salle, TX	a 18.6 km
77977 Placedo, TX	a 22 km
77983 Seadrift, TX	a 22.5 km
77991 Vanderbilt, TX	a 23 km
77971 Lolita, TX	a 23.8 km
77951 Bloomington, TX	a 26.8 km
77982 Port O Connor, TX	a 27.4 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.

Calhoun County	80.3% of this ZIP code's land area
Victoria County	10.7% of this ZIP code's land area
Jackson County	9% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	340.46 sq mi
Superficie de agua	147.8 sq mi
Densidad de población	48 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	28.6011, -96.6259

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.