What is the population of Ponder town?

Ponder town has 2,524 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #648 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Ponder town?

Median household income in Ponder town is $110,714 a year, 41% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $2,345 a month and the median home value is $287,000, so rent absorbs about 25.4% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ponder town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ponder, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ponder, Texas (Ponder, TX — Census place “Ponder town”) is 2,524 residents, ranking #648 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $110,714, the median home is worth $287,000 and median gross rent runs $2,345 a month. Looking for the Ponder Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ponder, TX: 76259.

Population: 2,524Ponder town residents
Median household income: $110,714Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $287,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,345Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 30.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 78.2%Owner-occupied households

Ponder ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ponder.

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

76259

What the numbers mean in Ponder town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ponder town median would spend about 25.4% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 0.8% of residents and 78.2% of households own their home.

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

Ponder town, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ponder town is a small town in Texas, with 2,524 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #648 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 65% of them. The median age here is 30.3 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 Ponder town earn a median of $110,714 a year, 41% above the national figure of $78,538 and 71% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 0.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ponder town is valued at $287,000, 5.4% below the national figure and 60% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,345 a month, 66.8% above the national figure, or roughly $28,140 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.4% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 78.2% 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.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Ponder town?: Ponder town has 2,524 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #648 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Ponder town?: Median household income in Ponder town is $110,714 a year, 41% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ponder town?: Median gross rent is $2,345 a month and the median home value is $287,000, so rent absorbs about 25.4% of median household income.
Is Ponder town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ponder town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ponder 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.