
Texas · Census place 51588
Nixon, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Nixon, Texas (Nixon, TX — Census place “Nixon city”) is 2,363 residents, ranking #676 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $40,833, the median home is worth $78,100 and median gross rent runs $1,011 a month. Looking for the Nixon Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Nixon, TX: 78140.
- Population
- 2,363Nixon city residents
- Median household income
- $40,833Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $78,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,011Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 26.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 62.2%Owner-occupied households
Nixon ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Nixon.
The Nixon 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 Nixon city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Nixon city median would spend about 29.7% 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 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16% of residents and 62.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Nixon city, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Nixon city is a small town in Texas, with 2,363 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #676 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 63% of them. The median age here is 26.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Nixon city earn a median of $40,833 a year, 48% below the national figure of $78,538 and 37% 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 16% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Nixon city is valued at $78,100, 74.3% below the national figure and 56% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,011 a month, 28.1% below the national figure, or roughly $12,132 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 29.7% 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 1.9×, 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. 62.2% 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.
A median age of 26.2 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
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 Nixon city?
- Nixon city has 2,363 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #676 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in Nixon city?
- Median household income in Nixon city is $40,833 a year, 48% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Nixon city?
- Median gross rent is $1,011 a month and the median home value is $78,100, so rent absorbs about 29.7% of median household income.
- Is Nixon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Nixon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 29.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Nixon 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.