Código postal 79843 — Marfa, TX

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El código postal 79843 cubre Marfa, Texas, con una población de unos 2,578 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $39,423.

Población: 2,5782 per square mile
Edad media: 54.115.4 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $39,42348% below the Texas median
Tasa de pobreza: 21.6%9.2 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $306,160up 34.1% in five years
Alquiler medio: $46066% below the Texas median
Título universitario o superior: 29.6%5.4 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 76.3%11.3 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 83

Dónde está 79843

Marfa, 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	2,578
Edad media	54.1
Hogares familiares	43.3%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	17.7%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	38.9%
Blanca (no hispana)	43.7%
Negra (no hispana)	0%
Asiática (no hispana)	0%
Hispana o latina	47.9%
Veteranos	3.8%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$39,423
Ingreso por persona	$36,787
Tasa de pobreza	21.6%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	11.1%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	3.6%
$10–15k	7.7%
$15–20k	7.4%
$20–25k	7.8%
$25–30k	19.3%
$30–35k	1.7%
$35–40k	3.2%
$40–45k	3.4%
$45–50k	9.8%
$50–60k	3.0%
$60–75k	4.2%
$75–100k	7.5%
$100–125k	8.7%
$125–150k	5.7%
$150–200k	2.8%
$200k or more	4.2%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	1,120
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$83,885
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	5.4%
Returns, under $25k	30.4%
Returns, $25k–$50k	27.7%
Returns, $50k–$75k	16.1%
Returns, $75k–$100k	8.9%
Returns, $100k–$200k	11.6%
Returns, $200k or more	5.4%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$228,300
Alquiler bruto medio	$460
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	27.2%
Ocupada por su propietario	76.3%
Viviendas vacías	25.6%
Año medio de construcción	1956

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	65.9%
Casa adosada	3.7%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	6.4%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	6.2%
Casa móvil	17.8%

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	$306,160as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 2.5%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 34.1%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 109.3%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$146,286 in 2016 to $306,160 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	0%
Licenciatura o superior	29.6%
Bachillerato o superior	77.3%
Trabaja desde casa	10.7%
Conduce solo al trabajo	60%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	1.5%

Salud

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

Obesidad	40.1% 6.7 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	18.6% 6.6 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	15% 1.8 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	40.6% 6.5 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	30.4% 10.1 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	25.3% 14 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	21.1% 0.8 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	36.5% 11.1 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	28.1% 3 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	14.5% 1.5 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	79.2% 4.5 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	7.6% same as the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	9.5% 0.9 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	8.8% 2.6 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	75.8% 0.9 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	85.6% same as the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	16.9% 2.1 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	56.5% 7.8 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	8.3% 1.7 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	50.9% 10.4 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	39.2% 8.5 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	9.7% 3 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	40.8% 4.6 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	10.7% 2.3 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	68.8% 7.1 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	16.5% same as the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	21.4% 7.4 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	17.4% 3.9 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	6.3% 2.3 pts above the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	36.5% same as the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4.6% 1.2 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	19.8% 6.8 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	9.5% 3.9 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	83
Personas empleadas	569
Nómina anual	$19,783,000

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 68.8% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Moderate
Pérdida anual esperada	39 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	0 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.

Rayos	98.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	95.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	92.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	81.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	80.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	80.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	78Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	77.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	72.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	63.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	63.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	38.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	37.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	35.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalancha	30.6Very 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	$39,423	$76,292	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$36,787	$39,446	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	21.6%	13.8%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$228,300	$260,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$460	$1,339	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	76.3%	62.6%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	29.6%	33.1%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	0%	5.1%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	10.7%	12.8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	17.7%	17.2%	13.9%
Edad media	54.1	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	MARFA 3W, TX US2.5 km away

Average high and low by month

enero	59.4°F / 24.4°F
febrero	62.6°F / 28.1°F
marzo	70.1°F / 33.8°F
abril	78.4°F / 40.8°F
mayo	86.5°F / 49.6°F
junio	91.5°F / 58.7°F
julio	89.6°F / 60.7°F
agosto	87.4°F / 60.2°F
septiembre	83.3°F / 53.3°F
octubre	76.3°F / 43.4°F
noviembre	68°F / 32.9°F
diciembre	59.2°F / 25.6°F

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	15% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	15% 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 2 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Marfa Independent School District	79.1% de la superficie de este código postal
Presidio Independent School District	20.9% 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	87más vulnerable que el 87% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	73más vulnerable que el 73% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	81más vulnerable que el 81% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	76más vulnerable que el 76% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	88más vulnerable que el 88% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	8.9 out of 20Below average

Códigos postales cercanos

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

79734 Fort Davis, TX	a 38.3 km
79831 Alpine, TX	a 39.8 km
79830 Alpine, TX	a 41.5 km
79832 Alpine, TX	a 42.1 km
79854 Valentine, TX	a 52.6 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.

Presidio County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	1479.99 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.03 sq mi
Densidad de población	2 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	30.2930, -104.0848

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.