What is the population of Bastrop city?

Bastrop city has 10,484 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #261 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Bastrop city?

Median household income in Bastrop city is $70,625 a year, 10.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bastrop city?

Median gross rent is $1,387 a month and the median home value is $308,300, so rent absorbs about 23.6% of median household income.

Is Bastrop city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bastrop city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bastrop, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bastrop, Texas (Bastrop, TX — Census place “Bastrop city”) is 10,484 residents, ranking #261 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $70,625, the median home is worth $308,300 and median gross rent runs $1,387 a month. Looking for the Bastrop Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bastrop, TX: 78602.

Population: 10,484Bastrop city residents
Median household income: $70,625Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $308,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,387Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 49.1%Owner-occupied households

Bastrop ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bastrop.

The Bastrop TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

78602

What the numbers mean in Bastrop city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bastrop city median would spend about 23.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12% of residents and 49.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bastrop city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bastrop city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 10,484 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #261 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 38.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bastrop city earn a median of $70,625 a year, 10.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 12% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bastrop city is valued at $308,300, 1.6% above the national figure and 72% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,387 a month, 1.4% below the national figure, or roughly $16,644 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 49.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Bastrop city?: Bastrop city has 10,484 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #261 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Bastrop city?: Median household income in Bastrop city is $70,625 a year, 10.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bastrop city?: Median gross rent is $1,387 a month and the median home value is $308,300, so rent absorbs about 23.6% of median household income.
Is Bastrop city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bastrop city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bastrop city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.