What is the population of Littlefield city?

Littlefield city has 5,886 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #377 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Littlefield city?

Median household income in Littlefield city is $56,312 a year, 28.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,022 a month and the median home value is $75,400, so rent absorbs about 21.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Littlefield city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Littlefield, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Littlefield, Texas (Littlefield, TX — Census place “Littlefield city”) is 5,886 residents, ranking #377 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $56,312, the median home is worth $75,400 and median gross rent runs $1,022 a month. Looking for the Littlefield Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Littlefield, TX: 79339.

Population: 5,886Littlefield city residents
Median household income: $56,312Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $75,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,022Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.5%Owner-occupied households

Littlefield ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Littlefield.

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

79339

What the numbers mean in Littlefield city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Littlefield city median would spend about 21.8% 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 1.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.5% of residents and 67.5% of households own their home.

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

Littlefield city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Littlefield city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 5,886 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #377 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 33.2 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 Littlefield city earn a median of $56,312 a year, 28.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 13% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 14.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Littlefield city is valued at $75,400, 75.1% below the national figure and 58% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,022 a month, 27.3% below the national figure, or roughly $12,264 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.8% 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 1.3×, 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. 67.5% 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.

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

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What is the population of Littlefield city?: Littlefield city has 5,886 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #377 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Littlefield city?: Median household income in Littlefield city is $56,312 a year, 28.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Littlefield city?: Median gross rent is $1,022 a month and the median home value is $75,400, so rent absorbs about 21.8% of median household income.
Is Littlefield city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Littlefield city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Littlefield 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.