Zip Code 78406 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 78406 was $51,646. An estimated 0% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 0% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 70% of households received earnings. An estimated 33.1% of households received Social Security and an estimated 0.8 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $38,026. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 3.6 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 3.3% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 0% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 5.4% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 34 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 71.7% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 30.8% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 40.8% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 78406 in 2019-2023, 69.8% had health insurance coverage and 30.2% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 23% and public coverage was 53%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 9.7%.

In 2019-2023, 78406 had a total population of 1,934 - 705 (36.5%) females and 1,229 (63.5%) males. The median age was 37.3 years. An estimated 20.3% of the population was under 18 years, 41.6% was 19 to 44 years, 19.3% was 45 to 64 years, and 14.2 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 353 households in 78406. The average household size was 3.53 people.

Married-couple households made up 74.8% of the households in 78406 while cohabiting couple households made up 0% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 21.8% of all households, while 3.4% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 3.4% of households were male householders living alone, and 7.9% were female householders living alone, for a total of 11.3% of all households.

In 78406, 43.1% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 29.2% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 96% of the people living in 78406 were U.S. natives. 85.7% of the 78406 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 4% of 78406 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 27.3% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 58.4 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 78406 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2019-2023 for 78406.

Among people at least five years old living in 78406 in 2019-2023, 40.8 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 40.8% of people at least five years old; 8.1% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 57.8 % of the people at least one year old living in 78406 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 68.2 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 2% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 31.8% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 78406 was 392 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 10 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 365. College or graduate school enrollment was 17.

In 78406, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 18.5 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 1% of people under 18 years old, to 8.2% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 68.6% of those 65 and over.

In 78406, 28.5 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 70.9% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 91.3% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 8.7% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 0 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 78406 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 68.1% of 78406 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 30.4% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 17.4 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 78406 had a total of 353 housing units. Of these housing units, 36% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 0% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 64% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

12.2% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 7.6% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 78406 was 5.1 rooms, and of these housing units 77.6% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 78406 had 353 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 0 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 43.1% while renters occupied 56.9%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 3.1 and in renter-occupied houses it was 3.85.

19.5% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 7.6% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 4.8% and another 18.7% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 78406:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 78406 was NaN.

Of the owner-occupied households, 43.4 % had a mortgage. 56.6% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $NaN and for owners without a mortgage it was $446.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 78406 was $1,715. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.