Texas · Census place 49968
Muleshoe, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Muleshoe, Texas (Muleshoe, TX — Census place “Muleshoe city”) is 5,328 residents, ranking #409 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $71,534, the median home is worth $100,100 and median gross rent runs $745 a month. Looking for the Muleshoe Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Muleshoe, TX: 79347.
- Population
- 5,328Muleshoe city residents
- Median household income
- $71,534Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $100,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $745Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 33.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 75.7%Owner-occupied households
Muleshoe ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Muleshoe.
The Muleshoe 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 Muleshoe city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Muleshoe city median would spend about 12.5% 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 1.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.9% of residents and 75.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Muleshoe city, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Muleshoe city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 5,328 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #409 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 33.4 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 Muleshoe city earn a median of $71,534 a year, 8.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% above 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 12.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Muleshoe city is valued at $100,100, 67% below the national figure and 44% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $745 a month, 47% below the national figure, or roughly $8,940 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.4×, 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. 75.7% 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.
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.
Compare with nearby places
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Muleshoe city?
- Muleshoe city has 5,328 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #409 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in Muleshoe city?
- Median household income in Muleshoe city is $71,534 a year, 8.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Muleshoe city?
- Median gross rent is $745 a month and the median home value is $100,100, so rent absorbs about 12.5% of median household income.
- Is Muleshoe city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Muleshoe city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Muleshoe 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.