Texas · Census place 70544
Stratford, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Stratford, Texas (Stratford, TX — Census place “Stratford city”) is 1,321 residents, ranking #905 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $57,639, the median home is worth $118,000 and median gross rent runs $835 a month. Looking for the Stratford Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Stratford, TX: 79084.
- Population
- 1,321Stratford city residents
- Median household income
- $57,639Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $118,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $835Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 82%Owner-occupied households
Stratford ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Stratford.
The Stratford 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 Stratford city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Stratford city median would spend about 17.4% 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 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.1% of residents and 82% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Stratford city, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Stratford city is a small town in Texas, with 1,321 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #905 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 36.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Stratford city earn a median of $57,639 a year, 26.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below 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 9.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Stratford city is valued at $118,000, 61.1% below the national figure and 34% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $835 a month, 40.6% below the national figure, or roughly $10,020 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.4% 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×, 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. 82% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Texas.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Stratford city?
- Stratford city has 1,321 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #905 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in Stratford city?
- Median household income in Stratford city is $57,639 a year, 26.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Stratford city?
- Median gross rent is $835 a month and the median home value is $118,000, so rent absorbs about 17.4% of median household income.
- Is Stratford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stratford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Stratford 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.