78938 ZIP Code — Ellinger, TX

ZIP code 78938 covers Ellinger, Texas, with a population of about 245 and a median household income of $62,500.

Population: 24531 per square mile
Median age: 38.5about the US average
Median household income: $62,50018% below the Texas median
Poverty rate: 6.5%5.9 points below the US average
Median home value: $217,90016% below the Texas median
Median rent: $77542% below the Texas median
Degree or higher: 12.2%22.8 points below the US average
Homeownership: 83.3%18.3 points above the US average
Time zone: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses: 5

Where 78938 is

Ellinger, 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

Population	245
Median age	38.5
Family households	56.5%
Born outside the US	15.9%
Speaks a language other than English at home	35%
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0%
Hispanic or Latino	40.8%
Veterans	5%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income	$62,500
Income per person	$30,349
Poverty rate	6.5%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	12%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	9.3%
$10–15k	0.9%
$15–20k	0.0%
$20–25k	0.0%
$25–30k	0.0%
$30–35k	0.0%
$35–40k	4.6%
$40–45k	1.9%
$45–50k	9.3%
$50–60k	22.2%
$60–75k	31.5%
$75–100k	7.4%
$100–125k	7.4%
$125–150k	3.7%
$150–200k	1.9%
$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	190
Mean adjusted gross income	$66,705
Returns declaring $200,000 or more	0%
Returns, under $25k	31.6%
Returns, $25k–$50k	26.3%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.8%
Returns, $75k–$100k	10.5%
Returns, $100k–$200k	15.8%
Returns, $200k or more	0.0%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value	$217,900
Median gross rent	$775
Rent as a share of household income	25.6%
Owner-occupied	83.3%
Vacant homes	28.5%
Median year built	1975

What the homes are

Detached house	84.1%
Mobile home	15.9%

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%
High school diploma or higher	91.9%
Works from home	16.4%
Drives to work alone	75.5%
Takes public transport	0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	17.4%

Health

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

Obesity	34.7% 1.3 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes	13.5% 1.5 pts above the national average of 12%
Currently smokes	12.2% 1 pts below the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure	38.3% 4.2 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health	19.4% 0.9 pts below the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)	12.8% 1.5 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depression	21.9% same as the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity	25.1% same as the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis	29.3% 4.2 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking	15.5% 0.5 pts below the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication	80.6% 5.9 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)	10.1% 2.4 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma	9.8% 0.6 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease	7% 0.8 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year	78.4% 1.7 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening	90.5% 4.6 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability	12.4% 2.4 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening	67.8% 3.5 pts above the national average of 64.3%
COPD	7.1% 0.5 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist	63.3% 2 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Any disability	30.8% same as the national average of 30.7%
Hearing disability	7.7% 1 pts above the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol	41% 4.8 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Independent living disability	7.3% 1.1 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Mammography use	72.3% 3.6 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)	15% 1.8 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability	15.3% 1.3 pts above the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)	13.9% same as the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability	3.6% same as the national average of 4%
Sleeps under 7 hours	35.1% 1.3 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Stroke	3.6% same as the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost	10.8% 2.2 pts below the national average of 13%
Vision disability	4.7% 0.9 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	5
People employed	54
Annual payroll	$2,093,000

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 68.5% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Relatively Moderate
Expected annual loss	52.9 out of 100
Community resilience	42.2 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.

Drought	92.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	84.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	84.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	83.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	82.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	80.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	78Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	77.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	76.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide	67.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	66.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	59.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	56.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	14.6Very 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	$62,500	$76,292	$78,538
Income per person	$30,349	$39,446	$43,289
Poverty rate	6.5%	13.8%	12.4%
Median home value	$217,900	$260,400	$303,400
Median gross rent	$775	$1,339	$1,348
Homeownership	83.3%	62.6%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	33.1%	35%
Unemployment rate	0%	5.1%	5.2%
Works from home	16.4%	12.8%	13.5%
Born outside the US	15.9%	17.2%	13.9%
Median age	38.5	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	LA GRANGE, TX US19.1 km away
Rain in a year	40 in

Average high and low by month

January	62.2°F / 39.8°F3.22 in rain
February	65.2°F / 43.8°F2.66 in rain
March	72.2°F / 50.3°F3.23 in rain
April	79.5°F / 57.4°F2.95 in rain
May	86.4°F / 65.8°F4.41 in rain
June	92.3°F / 72°F3.61 in rain
July	96.6°F / 73.7°F2.06 in rain
August	97.4°F / 73.7°F2.55 in rain
September	91.2°F / 68.5°F3.61 in rain
October	82.5°F / 58.8°F4.27 in rain
November	71.3°F / 48.8°F3.67 in rain
December	63.7°F / 41.8°F3.39 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	None of this ZIP code
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%.

La Grange Independent School District	100% 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	20more vulnerable than 20% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	24more vulnerable than 24% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	26more vulnerable than 26% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	19more vulnerable than 19% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	30more vulnerable than 30% of US census tracts
Walkability	5.8 out of 20Below average

Nearby ZIP codes

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

78940 Fayetteville, TX	6.6 km away
78943 Glidden, TX	19.1 km away
78945 La Grange, TX	19.4 km away
78962 Weimar, TX	19.4 km away
78950 New Ulm, TX	20.7 km away
78934 Columbus, TX	21.1 km away
78954 Round Top, TX	22 km away
78961 Round Top, TX	24.4 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.

Fayette County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	7.82 sq mi
Water area	0.01 sq mi
Population density	31 people per sq mi
Latitude, longitude	29.8459, -96.6966

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.