Bailey, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Bailey city is a very small community in Texas, with 190 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1571 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 15% of them. The median age here is 49.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bailey city earn a median of $53,750 a year, 31.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 17.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bailey city is valued at $110,400, 63.6% below the national figure and 38% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,354 a month, 3.7% below the national figure, or roughly $16,248 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 30.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Bailey city is the unusual combination of expensive to rent and cheap to buy: rent takes 30.2% of median income while homes cost only 2.1× it. Where that pattern shows up, the gap is normally down to down-payment and credit barriers rather than price. With 190 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Bailey city against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.