78801 — Uvalde, Texas

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 78801. Its median home value runs 12% above Uvalde as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

49out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 19% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 12 sources
Opportunity2,440th of 3,116 ZIP areas measured40
Schools2,960th of 3,047 ZIP areas measured10
GrowthTop 25% of 3,124 ZIP areas measured64
Housing affordabilityTop 12% of 3,112 ZIP areas measured81
Climate1,591st of 3,127 ZIP areas measured70
Physical resilience1,937th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured47
Access3,019th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured50
Economic stability2,948th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured21
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable ZIP areas measured: unemployment is 5.3% and the Opportunity signal places 78801 in the bottom 22%. The unemployment rate is published for Uvalde, TX, which contains 78801, rather than for 78801 alone.

In the public schools here, 25% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 16.7 students for every teacher.

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most ZIP areas measured: rent takes 26% of renter income and the median home is 2.5 times what its owners earn.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
21,607
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$54,161
Bottom 20% nationally
Density
25/sq mi
853.6 sq mi of land
Median age
33.2
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Uvalde
Texas
Micro area
Nearest major airport
SKF
79 mi · Kelly Fld
Median home value
$152,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Uvalde, TX, which contains 78801, is 5.3% — higher than in all but 19% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across Uvalde, TX, which contains 78801, grew 0.2% over the past year, to 10,509 employed residents.

Median household income of $54,161 is lower than in 80% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsUvalde County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$56,59424th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftUvalde County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$65,39344th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$8,2082024 ACS 5-Year$54,161Bottom 20%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,6762024 ACS 5-Year$25,564Bottom 14%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year22.8%Bottom 13%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±2.0 min2024 ACS 5-Year19.3 minTop 11%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year19.2%Bottom 38%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year83.8%79th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentUvalde, TX’s figureJuly 202610,509Bottom 3%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Uvalde, TX’s figureJuly 2026+1.8%Top 25%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Uvalde, TX’s figureJuly 2026+0.2%Top 31%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceUvalde, TX’s figureJuly 202611,0993rd percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year70.1%Bottom 24%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Public transit to work ±0.3%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Uvalde, TX’s figureJuly 2026+0.7%Bottom 11%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateUvalde, TX’s figureJuly 20265.3%Bottom 19%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year3.8%20th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202458k51k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $54,161 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Uvalde, TX, the city containing this ZIP code.

25% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 31% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 16.7 students for every full-time teacher across 6 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
6
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
16.7
across all schools here
Math proficiency
25.3%
Bottom 1% in Texas
Reading proficiency
31.3%
Bottom 6% in Texas
All 6 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Uvalde H SUVALDE CISD1,14814.520%31%
Dalton ElUVALDE CISD81519.4——
Morales J HUVALDE CISD71815.329%32%
Uvalde El at Flores CampusUVALDE CISD59217.431%31%
Uvalde Dual Language Academy · charterUVALDE CISD56121.6——
Crossroads AcademyUVALDE CISD5911.8——

84.1% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Texas’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the non-metropolitan parts of Texas is up 44% over five years, and up 2.9% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $2,447 a year in real estate taxes, about 1.60% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,123, some 12% above the $1,005 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,123 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $44,900 a year, about 83% of the median household income here of $54,161.

The typical renter household here spends 26% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,005 a month.

A median home at $152,700 costs 2.5 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $60,972, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
26.4%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.5×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,123
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$1,005
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$152,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against 78801’s median household income of $54,161, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price change (1 year)the non-metropolitan parts of Texas’s figure2026 Q2+2.9%46th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Texas’s figure2026 Q2+43.8%52nd percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Texas’s figure2026 Q2+97.6%52nd percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.62024 ACS 5-Year2.5Top 42%of 29,2752024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year69.9%29th percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±2432024 ACS 5-Year8,42280th percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$856Top 14%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$1,488Top 21%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,123Top 20%of 3,031FY2026
Median gross rent ±$1032024 ACS 5-Year$1,005Top 50%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$13,4392024 ACS 5-Year$152,70027th percentileof 30,8122024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$4892024 ACS 5-Year$2,44760th percentileof 28,9352024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$12,5602024 ACS 5-Year$60,972Bottom 18%of 29,8022024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.35%2024 ACS 5-Year1.60%86th percentileof 24,0992024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year26.4%Top 39%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±1482024 ACS 5-Year22187th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year2.6%63rd percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year11.0%71st percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±3142024 ACS 5-Year1,15190th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

Development Momentum

64/ 100
Top 25% of 3,124 published ZIP profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 28 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Uvalde, TX, which contains 78801, rather than for 78801 alone.

At 1.8 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for Uvalde, TX, which contains 78801, rather than for 78801 alone.

Units permitted
28
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.8
Bottom 35% nationally
Year over year
+115%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
−0.4%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
21%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$56,594
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$65,393
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Bexar County, TX 190 people · 20% of arrivals
  2. Zavala County, TX 69 people · 7.3% of arrivals
  3. Medina County, TX 64 people · 6.7% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Bexar County, TX 261 people · 25% of departures
  2. Maverick County, TX 62 people · 6.0% of departures
  3. Harris County, TX 30 people · 2.9% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Uvalde County, TX. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Uvalde, TX, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 94°F and January a low of 35°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 27.7 inches.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station CAMP WOOD, 22.3 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND3.9"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals27.7"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals35°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals94°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals34°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

47 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, drought and heat wave, with inland flooding alone responsible for 76% of it. Inland flooding and heat wave are independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large those hazards are.

DroughtElevated
HailModerate
LandslideModerate
Cold waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: inland flooding, heat wave, wildfire, lightning, hurricane, winter weather, tornado, strong wind, ice storm, earthquake, tsunami, volcanic activity, coastal flooding, avalanche.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Homicide
4.7
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Firearm deaths, all intents
11.8
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Drug overdose
10.7
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Suicide
16.2
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around 78801 (Uvalde County) rather than 78801 itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Uvalde carries the figure where its department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Cost of living
Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Kelly Fld at 79 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year84.8%Bottom 30%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle79 miBottom 4%of 3,127NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle2Bottom 9%of 3,127NASR current cycle
No internet access ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year13.6%Bottom 24%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Kelly FldSKF79 mi11,550 ft
San Antonio IntlSAT87 mi8,505 ft
Laredo IntlLRD128 mi8,743 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

78801 vs Uvalde

How this ZIP area compares with Uvalde as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.

78801
Uvalde
Median household income: 78801 is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$54,161
vs
$51,141
Per capita income: 78801 is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$25,564
vs
$24,523
Population density
25/sq mi
vs
2,006/sq mi
Median home value
$152,700
vs
$136,800
Median gross rent: Uvalde is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$1,005
vs
$994
Homeownership rate
69.9%
vs
67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 78801 is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
19.2%
vs
16.1%
Poverty rate: 78801 is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
22.8%
vs
24.1%
Median age
33.2
vs
34.3

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.