What is the population of Texarkana city?

Texarkana city has 36,039 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #99 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Texarkana city?

Median household income in Texarkana city is $49,240 a year, 37.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $990 a month and the median home value is $159,700, so rent absorbs about 24.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Texarkana city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Texarkana, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Texarkana, Texas (Texarkana, TX — Census place “Texarkana city”) is 36,039 residents, ranking #99 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $49,240, the median home is worth $159,700 and median gross rent runs $990 a month. Looking for the Texarkana Texas ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Texarkana, TX: 75501, 75503.

Population: 36,039Texarkana city residents
Median household income: $49,240Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $159,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $990Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51%Owner-occupied households

Texarkana ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Texarkana.

The Texarkana TX ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Texarkana city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Texarkana city median would spend about 24.1% 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 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21.6% of residents and 51% of households own their home.

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

Texarkana city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Texarkana city is a small city in Texas, with 36,039 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #99 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 37.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Texarkana city earn a median of $49,240 a year, 37.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 21.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Texarkana city is valued at $159,700, 47.4% below the national figure and 11% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $990 a month, 29.6% below the national figure, or roughly $11,880 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.1% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 51% 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 Texarkana city?: Texarkana city has 36,039 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #99 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Texarkana city?: Median household income in Texarkana city is $49,240 a year, 37.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Texarkana city?: Median gross rent is $990 a month and the median home value is $159,700, so rent absorbs about 24.1% of median household income.
Is Texarkana city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Texarkana city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Texarkana city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.