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Cherokee County · Texas

ZIP code 75785

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 75785 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
10,769

ZCTA residents

Median income
$64,672

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$158,800

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6.25%

Texas state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 75785 sits in Cherokee County, Texas and is home to 10,769 people. Median household income is $64,672, the median home is worth $158,800 and median gross rent is $911. 77.3% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6.25% (Texas state rate).

County
Cherokee County

FIPS 48073

State
Texas (TX)

1,989 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 75785

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

Population
10,769ZIP 75785 residents
Median household income
$64,672Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$158,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$911Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
41 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
77.3%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 75785 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 75785 is a mid-size town in Cherokee County, Texas, with 10,769 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #785 of 1,989 ranked by population — larger than 60% of them. The median age here is 41 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 75785 earn a median of $64,672 a year, 17.7% below the national figure of $78,538. 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 12.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 75785 is valued at $158,800, 47.7% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $911 a month, 35.2% below the national figure, or roughly $10,932 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.9% 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 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 77.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.

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.

Reading ZIP 75785 in context

How 75785 sits inside Cherokee County and Texas.

ZIP 75785 is tabulated inside Cherokee County, Texas, one of 9 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 1,989 across Texas. This is a mid-sized ZIP that covers a large share of its county's addresses. 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 75785 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 75785 reports a median household income of $64,672, 6% below the $68,979 county median, and 5% below the $68,103 typical TX ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $158,800, 10% above the county figure and 19% below the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $911 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Texas charges 6.25% statewide, and local governments overlapping 75785 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

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 75785 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 75785

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
6.25%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$6Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$63Before any exemptions

Texas levies 6.25% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

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

Rent burden
17%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
2.5×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$824/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
12.3%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 75785 compares

ZIP 75785 against the median ZIP in Cherokee County and across Texas.

MeasureZIP 75785County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$64,672$68,979$68,103-5%
Median home value$158,800$144,400$194,900-19%
Median gross rent$911$911$1,105-18%
Population10,7693,0795,317+103%

Medians are computed across the 9 ZIP areas in Cherokee County and the 1989 ZIP areas in Texas.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 1989 Texas ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 44% of 1,756 state ZIPs

#981
Home value

above 38% of 1,705 state ZIPs

#1,061
Population

larger than 61% of 1,989 state ZIPs

#785

Comparable ZIP codes

Texas ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
77954DeWitt County$64,654$185,500$932
76853Lampasas County$64,750$247,200$663
79407Hockley County$64,778$200,700$1,131
76901Tom Green County$64,542$169,500$1,188
79059Roberts County$64,808$126,800$769
75926Trinity County$64,531$115,500$732

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Cherokee County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Cherokee County, Texas.

ZIP 75785 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 75785?
ZIP 75785 lies mostly in Cherokee 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 75785?
Texas charges 6.25% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 75785 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $911 a month, about 17% of median household income, and the median home is worth $158,800 — -19% 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 75785, 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.