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Merkel, TX 79536 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 79536: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Merkel, TX 79536

Not Acceptable, USPS

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ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Taylor County
Centroid: Latitude 32.45, Longitude -99.989
Time Zone: Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 79536 has segments in 3 Counties (Jones, Nolan, Taylor).

Businesses Addresses: 163
PO Box Addresses: 175
Residential Addresses: 2,028

Multi-Family Addresses: 0
Single Family Addresses: 2,028

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

79536 ZIP Code Map

Merkel, TX 79536 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	5,331
Daytime Population: Workers	1,456
Daytime Population: Residents	2,832
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	4,288
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.80
Population in Households	5,282
Population in Familes	4,440
Population in Group Qrtrs	49
Population Density²	16
Diversity Index³	43

INCOME
Median Household Income	$46,283
Average Household Income	$58,175
Per Capita Income	$23,215

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	2,402 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	1,584 (65.9%)
Renter Occupied HU	509 (21.2%)
Vacant Housing Units	309 (12.9%)
Median Home Value	$80,134
Average Home Value	$128,046

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	2,093
Average Household Size	2.52
Family Households	1,477
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	0.71%	0.71%
Households	0.73%	0.73%
Families	0.61%	0.62%
Median Household Income		2.29%
Per Capita Income		3.1%

Merkel, TX 79536 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 79536 to the other 1,848 ZIP Codes in Texas by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.