Texas · Census place 45228
Lyford, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Lyford, Texas (Lyford, TX — Census place “Lyford city”) is 2,153 residents, ranking #713 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $44,464, the median home is worth $58,300 and median gross rent runs $974 a month. Looking for the Lyford Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lyford, TX: 78569.
- Population
- 2,153Lyford city residents
- Median household income
- $44,464Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $58,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $974Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.3%Owner-occupied households
Lyford ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lyford.
The Lyford TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Lyford city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Lyford city median would spend about 26.3% 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 1.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.3% of residents and 72.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Lyford city, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Lyford city is a small town in Texas, with 2,153 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #713 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 61% of them. The median age here is 35.7 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 Lyford city earn a median of $44,464 a year, 43.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% 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 18.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Lyford city is valued at $58,300, 80.8% below the national figure and 67% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $974 a month, 30.7% below the national figure, or roughly $11,688 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.3% 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 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. 72.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Lyford city?
- Lyford city has 2,153 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #713 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in Lyford city?
- Median household income in Lyford city is $44,464 a year, 43.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lyford city?
- Median gross rent is $974 a month and the median home value is $58,300, so rent absorbs about 26.3% of median household income.
- Is Lyford 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 Lyford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Lyford 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.