What is the population of Ector city?

Ector city has 826 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1091 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Ector city?

Median household income in Ector city is $61,731 a year, 21.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,094 a month and the median home value is $148,100, so rent absorbs about 21.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ector city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ector, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ector, Texas (Ector, TX — Census place “Ector city”) is 826 residents, ranking #1091 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $61,731, the median home is worth $148,100 and median gross rent runs $1,094 a month. Looking for the Ector Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ector, TX: 75439.

Population: 826Ector city residents
Median household income: $61,731Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $148,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,094Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 52.3%Owner-occupied households

Ector ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ector.

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

75439

What the numbers mean in Ector city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ector city median would spend about 21.3% 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 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12% of residents and 52.3% of households own their home.

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

Ector city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ector city is a very small community in Texas, with 826 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1091 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 41% of them. The median age here is 36.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Ector city earn a median of $61,731 a year, 21.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 5% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 12% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ector city is valued at $148,100, 51.2% below the national figure and 17% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,094 a month, 22.2% below the national figure, or roughly $13,128 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.3% 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 2.4×, 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. 52.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 826 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Ector city against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ector city?: Ector city has 826 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1091 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Ector city?: Median household income in Ector city is $61,731 a year, 21.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ector city?: Median gross rent is $1,094 a month and the median home value is $148,100, so rent absorbs about 21.3% of median household income.
Is Ector city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ector city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ector city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. 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.