What is the population of Tulia city?

Tulia city has 4,451 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #452 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Tulia city?

Median household income in Tulia city is $32,299 a year, 58.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $712 a month and the median home value is $87,300, so rent absorbs about 26.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tulia city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Tulia, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Tulia, Texas (Tulia, TX — Census place “Tulia city”) is 4,451 residents, ranking #452 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $32,299, the median home is worth $87,300 and median gross rent runs $712 a month. Looking for the Tulia Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Tulia, TX: 79088.

Population: 4,451Tulia city residents
Median household income: $32,299Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $87,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $712Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59.2%Owner-occupied households

Tulia ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Tulia.

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

79088

What the numbers mean in Tulia city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Tulia city median would spend about 26.5% 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 32.9% of residents and 59.2% of households own their home.

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

Tulia city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Tulia city is a small town in Texas, with 4,451 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #452 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 35.9 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 Tulia city earn a median of $32,299 a year, 58.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 50% 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 32.9% 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 Tulia city is valued at $87,300, 71.2% below the national figure and 51% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $712 a month, 49.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,544 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.5% 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 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 59.2% 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.

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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Tulia city?: Tulia city has 4,451 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #452 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Tulia city?: Median household income in Tulia city is $32,299 a year, 58.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Tulia city?: Median gross rent is $712 a month and the median home value is $87,300, so rent absorbs about 26.5% of median household income.
Is Tulia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tulia city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Tulia 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.