What is the population of Olton city?

Olton city has 1,568 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #828 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Olton city?

Median household income in Olton city is $44,219 a year, 43.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $840 a month and the median home value is $46,800, so rent absorbs about 22.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Olton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Olton, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Olton, Texas (Olton, TX — Census place “Olton city”) is 1,568 residents, ranking #828 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $44,219, the median home is worth $46,800 and median gross rent runs $840 a month. Looking for the Olton Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Olton, TX: 79064.

Population: 1,568Olton city residents
Median household income: $44,219Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $46,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $840Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.1%Owner-occupied households

Olton ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Olton.

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

79064

What the numbers mean in Olton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Olton city median would spend about 22.8% 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 1.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.4% of residents and 71.1% of households own their home.

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

Olton city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Olton city is a small town in Texas, with 1,568 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #828 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 55% of them. The median age here is 41.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Olton city earn a median of $44,219 a year, 43.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 15.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Olton city is valued at $46,800, 84.6% below the national figure and 74% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $840 a month, 40.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,080 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.8% 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 1.1×, 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. 71.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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

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What is the population of Olton city?: Olton city has 1,568 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #828 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Olton city?: Median household income in Olton city is $44,219 a year, 43.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Olton city?: Median gross rent is $840 a month and the median home value is $46,800, so rent absorbs about 22.8% of median household income.
Is Olton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Olton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Olton 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.