What is the population of Poth town?

Poth town has 1,646 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #811 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Poth town?

Median household income in Poth town is $72,961 a year, 7.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,120 a month and the median home value is $194,700, so rent absorbs about 18.4% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Poth town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Poth, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Poth, Texas (Poth, TX — Census place “Poth town”) is 1,646 residents, ranking #811 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $72,961, the median home is worth $194,700 and median gross rent runs $1,120 a month. Looking for the Poth Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Poth, TX: 78147.

Population: 1,646Poth town residents
Median household income: $72,961Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $194,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,120Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 30.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.1%Owner-occupied households

Poth ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Poth.

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

78147

What the numbers mean in Poth town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Poth town median would spend about 18.4% 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 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.5% of residents and 61.1% of households own their home.

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

Poth town, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Poth town is a small town in Texas, with 1,646 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #811 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 56% of them. The median age here is 30.7 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 Poth town earn a median of $72,961 a year, 7.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 13% 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 3.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Poth town is valued at $194,700, 35.8% below the national figure and 9% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,120 a month, 20.3% below the national figure, or roughly $13,440 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.4% 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 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 61.1% 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.

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 Poth town?: Poth town has 1,646 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #811 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Poth town?: Median household income in Poth town is $72,961 a year, 7.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Poth town?: Median gross rent is $1,120 a month and the median home value is $194,700, so rent absorbs about 18.4% of median household income.
Is Poth town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Poth town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Poth 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.