What is the population of Yoakum city?

Yoakum city has 5,649 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #390 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Yoakum city?

Median household income in Yoakum city is $49,950 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $887 a month and the median home value is $134,100, so rent absorbs about 21.3% of median household income.

Is Yoakum 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 Yoakum city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Yoakum, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Yoakum, Texas (Yoakum, TX — Census place “Yoakum city”) is 5,649 residents, ranking #390 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $49,950, the median home is worth $134,100 and median gross rent runs $887 a month. Looking for the Yoakum Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Yoakum, TX: 77995.

Population: 5,649Yoakum city residents
Median household income: $49,950Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $134,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $887Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.7%Owner-occupied households

Yoakum ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Yoakum.

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

77995

What the numbers mean in Yoakum city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Yoakum city median would spend about 21.3% 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 13.8% of residents and 56.7% of households own their home.

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

Yoakum city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Yoakum city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 5,649 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #390 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 33.2 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 Yoakum city earn a median of $49,950 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below 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 13.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Yoakum city is valued at $134,100, 55.8% below the national figure and 25% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $887 a month, 36.9% below the national figure, or roughly $10,644 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.3% 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. 56.7% 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 Yoakum city?: Yoakum city has 5,649 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #390 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Yoakum city?: Median household income in Yoakum city is $49,950 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Yoakum city?: Median gross rent is $887 a month and the median home value is $134,100, so rent absorbs about 21.3% of median household income.
Is Yoakum 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 Yoakum city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Yoakum 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.