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Dallas County · Texas

ZIP code 75208

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 75208 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
29,310

ZCTA residents

Median income
$76,502

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$415,200

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
8.25%

Combined state + local

Quick answer

ZIP 75208 sits in Dallas County, Texas and is home to 29,310 people. Median household income is $76,502, the median home is worth $415,200 and median gross rent is $1,589. 55.7% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 8.25% combined.

County
Dallas County

FIPS 48113

State
Texas (TX)

1,989 ZIPs covered

Area codes
214, 469, 682, 817, 940, 972

NANPA codes serving this area

Metro area
Dallas

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 75208

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
29,310ZIP 75208 residents
Median household income
$76,502Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$415,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,589Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
37 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
55.7%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 75208 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 75208 is a small city in Dallas County, Texas, with 29,310 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #391 of 1,989 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 37 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 ZIP 75208 earn a median of $76,502 a year, 2.6% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 12.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 75208 is valued at $415,200, 36.8% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,589 a month, 13% above the national figure, or roughly $19,068 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.9% 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 5.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 55.7% 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.

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.

Reading ZIP 75208 in context

How 75208 sits inside Dallas County and Texas.

ZIP 75208 is tabulated inside Dallas County, Texas, one of 84 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 1,989 across Texas. This is a mid-sized suburban ZIP inside a county that is split across many delivery areas. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 75208 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 75208 reports a median household income of $76,502, 8% above the $70,744 county median, and 12% above the $68,103 typical TX ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $415,200, 49% above the county figure and 113% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,589 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

A taxable purchase made inside 75208 carries 8.25% at the register, assembled from the Dallas jurisdiction stack: the Texas state rate plus every county, municipal and special district levy that reaches this address. Because those district boundaries were drawn for schools, transit and hospital funding rather than for mail delivery, two addresses inside 75208 can legitimately fall under different totals — the rate shown here is the one that applies to the dominant jurisdiction.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 75208 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 75208

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
8.25%Dallas jurisdiction stack
Tax on $100
$8Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$83Before any exemptions

This ZIP falls inside the Dallas rate area, so state, county, city and district levies are published here as a full stack.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
25%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
5.4×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$2,154/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
12.8%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 75208 compares

ZIP 75208 against the median ZIP in Dallas County and across Texas.

MeasureZIP 75208County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$76,502$70,744$68,103+12%
Median home value$415,200$278,500$194,900+113%
Median gross rent$1,589$1,459$1,105+44%
Population29,31028,6645,317+451%

Medians are computed across the 84 ZIP areas in Dallas County and the 1989 ZIP areas in Texas.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 1989 Texas ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 64% of 1,756 state ZIPs

#632
Home value

above 91% of 1,705 state ZIPs

#159
Population

larger than 80% of 1,989 state ZIPs

#391

Comparable ZIP codes

Texas ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
77396Harris County$76,506$234,100$1,459
78933Colorado County$76,583$375,000—
77306Montgomery County$76,411$156,600$933
75631Panola County$76,389$137,800$864
75067Denton County$76,630$321,100$1,506
75076Grayson County$76,644$241,700$1,337

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Dallas County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Dallas County, Texas.

ZIP 75208 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 75208?
ZIP 75208 lies mostly in Dallas County, Texas. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 75208?
Purchases are taxed at 8.25% combined, built from the Dallas jurisdiction stack.
Is 75208 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,589 a month, about 25% of median household income, and the median home is worth $415,200 — +113% against the typical Texas ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 75208, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.