What is the population of Panhandle town?

Panhandle town has 2,613 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #635 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Panhandle town?

Median household income in Panhandle town is $86,354 a year, 10% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Panhandle town?

Median gross rent is $981 a month and the median home value is $151,800, so rent absorbs about 13.6% of median household income.

Is Panhandle town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Panhandle town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Panhandle, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Panhandle, Texas (Panhandle, TX — Census place “Panhandle town”) is 2,613 residents, ranking #635 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $86,354, the median home is worth $151,800 and median gross rent runs $981 a month. Looking for the Panhandle Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Panhandle, TX: 79068.

Population: 2,613Panhandle town residents
Median household income: $86,354Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $151,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $981Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.5%Owner-occupied households

Panhandle ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Panhandle.

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

79068

What the numbers mean in Panhandle town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Panhandle town median would spend about 13.6% 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 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.9% of residents and 73.5% of households own their home.

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

Panhandle town, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Panhandle town is a small town in Texas, with 2,613 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #635 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 65% of them. The median age here is 46.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Panhandle town earn a median of $86,354 a year, 10% above the national figure of $78,538 and 34% above 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 6.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Panhandle town is valued at $151,800, 50% below the national figure and 15% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $981 a month, 30.2% below the national figure, or roughly $11,772 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.6% 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 1.8×, 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. 73.5% 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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Panhandle town?: Panhandle town has 2,613 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #635 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Panhandle town?: Median household income in Panhandle town is $86,354 a year, 10% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Panhandle town?: Median gross rent is $981 a month and the median home value is $151,800, so rent absorbs about 13.6% of median household income.
Is Panhandle town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Panhandle town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Panhandle town 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.