78542 Zip Code (Linn, TX) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 86,181

Houses and condos: 25,227
Renter-occupied apartments: 5,797
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 78542: 78.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 169.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 507 people per square mile

(low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,933 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,313 (1.3%)

For population 25 years and over in 78542:

• High school or higher: 64.2%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%
• Graduate or professional degree: 3.4%
• Unemployed: 7.8%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 78542:

• Never married: 38.7%
• Now married: 48.9%
• Separated: 2.8%
• Widowed: 3.5%
• Divorced: 6.2%

100% urban population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 78542, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $36,249 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$36,249
State:	$77,054

Salary/wage: $34,749 (reported on 84.5% of returns)

Here:	$34,749
State:	$62,766

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1159.6% for AGIs below $25k, 3427.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6449.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9632.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 16410.8% for AGIs $100k-200k, 60341.4% for AGIs over 200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $878 (reported on 6.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$878
Texas:	$2,665

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.8% for AGIs below $25k, 4.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 22.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 32.5% for AGIs $100k-200k, 667.1% for AGIs over 200k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,851 (reported on 1.9% of returns)

Here:	$2,851
State:	$10,044

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.9% for AGIs below $25k, 1.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 11.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 33.7% for AGIs $100k-200k, 918.6% for AGIs over 200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$6,753 (reported on 2.6% of returns)

Here:	+$6,753
State:	+$39,590

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.1% for AGIs below $25k, 3.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 18.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 38.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 136.7% for AGIs $100k-200k, 3381.4% for AGIs over 200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$5,265 (reported on 28.0% of returns)

Here:	+$5,265
State:	+$10,888

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 272.6% for AGIs below $25k, 63.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 37.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 227.3% for AGIs $100k-200k, 4274.3% for AGIs over 200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $13,340 (reported on 1.4% of returns)

78542:	$13,340
Texas:	$24,740

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.1% for AGIs below $25k, 13.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 35.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 64.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 228.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Total itemized deductions: $29,717 (reported on 2.9% of returns)

Here:	$29,717
State:	$40,428

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.0% for AGIs below $25k, 70.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 235.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 398.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 665.0% for AGIs $100k-200k, 2904.3% for AGIs over 200k)

Charity contributions: $7,848 (reported on 2.1% of returns)

Here:	$7,848
State:	$18,201

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs below $25k, 9.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 44.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 82.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 151.9% for AGIs $100k-200k, 788.6% for AGIs over 200k)

Taxes paid: $7,935 (reported on 2.7% of returns)

78542:	$7,935
State:	$7,821

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.5% for AGIs below $25k, 17.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 59.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 89.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 181.4% for AGIs $100k-200k, 597.1% for AGIs over 200k)

Earned income credit: $3,286 (reported on 40.5% of returns)

Here:	$3,286
State:	$2,584

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 236.3% for AGIs below $25k, 142.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.8% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 90.7%

Here:	91%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 88.7% for AGIs below $25k, 92.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 93.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 93.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 92.8% for AGIs $100k-200k, 85.0% for AGIs over 200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 78542, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $30,715 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$30,715
State:	$65,384

Salary/wage: $29,982 (reported on 87.7% of returns)

Here:	$29,982
State:	$52,524

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 77.8% for AGIs below $25k, 91.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 90.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 89.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 85.9% for AGIs $100k-200k, 57.9% for AGIs over 200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,190 (reported on 6.9% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,190
Texas:	$2,372

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.1% for AGIs below $25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.5% for AGIs $100k-200k, 1.4% for AGIs over 200k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,400 (reported on 1.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,400
State:	$9,721

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$10,117 (reported on 1.2% of returns)

Here:	+$10,117
State:	+$35,319

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.1% for AGIs $100k-200k, 4.8% for AGIs over 200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$7,823 (reported on 25.7% of returns)

Here:	+$7,823
State:	+$13,732

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 18.1% for AGIs below $25k, 2.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.8% for AGIs $100k-200k, 1.4% for AGIs over 200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $10,186 (reported on 1.4% of returns)

78542:	$10,186
Texas:	$19,511

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.2% for AGIs below $25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Total itemized deductions: $20,573 (30% of AGI, reported on 15.5% of returns)

Here:	$20,573
State:	$24,724

Here:	30.1% of AGI
State:	15.9% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.3% for AGIs below $25k, 10.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 16.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 15.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.1% for AGIs $100k-200k, 9.0% for AGIs over 200k)

Charity contributions: $2,931 (reported on 9.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,931
State:	$6,808

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.1% for AGIs below $25k, 0.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.7% for AGIs $100k-200k, 2.8% for AGIs over 200k)

Taxes paid: $4,182 (reported on 14.5% of returns)

78542:	$4,182
State:	$6,921

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.4% for AGIs below $25k, 1.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.2% for AGIs $100k-200k, 2.8% for AGIs over 200k)

Earned income credit: $3,307 (reported on 49.6% of returns)

Here:	$3,307
State:	$2,570

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 16.9% for AGIs below $25k, 3.2% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 67.5%

Here:	67%
State:	51%

(% for various income ranges: 66.9% for AGIs below $25k, 66.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 70.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 68.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 71.0% for AGIs $100k-200k, 83.3% for AGIs over 200k)

Nearest zip codes: 78549, 78538, 78558, 78561, 78543, 78541.
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Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
• Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 7,834
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 15,426

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 1,159 (819 now married, 340 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 19,665 (8,982 now married, 10,673 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 78542 with a mortgage: 7,821 (38 second mortgage, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 140

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,236
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $385

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 78542 household income distribution in 2022

• 1,718Less than $10,000
• 1,679$10,000 to $14,999
• 1,592$15,000 to $19,999
• 1,090$20,000 to $24,999
• 1,302$25,000 to $29,999
• 1,031$30,000 to $34,999
• 823$35,000 to $39,999
• 1,054$40,000 to $44,999
• 899$45,000 to $49,999
• 1,655$50,000 to $59,999
• 2,679$60,000 to $74,999
• 2,530$75,000 to $99,999
• 2,144$100,000 to $124,999
• 1,068$125,000 to $149,999
• 1,290$150,000 to $199,999
• 437$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 78542

• 125Less than $10,000
• 75$10,000 to $14,999
• 120$15,000 to $19,999
• 56$20,000 to $24,999
• 235$25,000 to $29,999
• 394$30,000 to $34,999
• 413$35,000 to $39,999
• 769$40,000 to $49,999
• 1,098$50,000 to $59,999
• 1,008$60,000 to $69,999
• 796$70,000 to $79,999
• 852$80,000 to $89,999
• 891$90,000 to $99,999
• 838$100,000 to $124,999
• 954$125,000 to $149,999
• 1,933$150,000 to $174,999
• 840$175,000 to $199,999
• 1,145$200,000 to $249,999
• 873$250,000 to $299,999
• 523$300,000 to $399,999
• 192$400,000 to $499,999
• 133$500,000 to $749,999
• 78$750,000 to $999,999
• 137$1,000,000 to $1,499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 78542

• 33Less than $100
• 28$100 to $149
• 125$150 to $199
• 92$200 to $249
• 181$250 to $299
• 145$300 to $349
• 166$350 to $399
• 109$400 to $449
• 58$450 to $499
• 488$500 to $549
• 105$550 to $599
• 410$600 to $649
• 388$650 to $699
• 346$700 to $749
• 389$750 to $799
• 478$800 to $899
• 159$900 to $999
• 433$1,000 to $1,249
• 82$1,250 to $1,499
• 48$1,500 to $1,999
• 1,369No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $863.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $230,498.

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $118,491 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $72,927 - $195,852

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $152,499

Here:	$152,499
State:	$369,058

Mobile homes: $41,845

Here:	$41,845
State:	$124,413

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 17,414
• One, attached: 174
• Two: 612
• 3 or 4: 953
• 5 to 9: 668
• 10 to 19: 272
• 20 to 49: 132
• 50 or more: 63
• Mobile homes: 4,504
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 156

Unemployment: 7.8%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 78542

• 73.3%22,146Drove a car alone
• 7.4%2,244Carpooled
• 0.4%114Walked
• 7.0%2,104Other means
• 12.0%3,624Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 78542

• 557Less than 5 minutes
• 3,0575 to 9 minutes
• 5,08210 to 14 minutes
• 4,55615 to 19 minutes
• 5,01520 to 24 minutes
• 2,07225 to 29 minutes
• 3,54530 to 34 minutes
• 15435 to 39 minutes
• 33940 to 44 minutes
• 76445 to 59 minutes
• 60860 to 89 minutes
• 61790 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 90.5%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 86,181

• Male householders: 9,934 (1,712 living alone), Female householders: 13,110 (1,513 living alone)

• 12,889 spouses (12,843 opposite-sex spouses), 1,962 unmarried partners, (1,809 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 36,197 children (34,296 natural, 94 adopted, 1,799 stepchildren), 3,132 grandchildren, 1,119 brothers or sisters, 1,142 parents, 6 foster children, 1,895 other relatives, 564 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,844 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,136 2-persons, 3,647 3-persons, 4,756 4-persons, 2,770 5-persons, 1,948 6-persons, 1,294 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 3,225 1-person, 937 2-persons, 46 4-persons

17,040 married couples with children.
8,752 single-parent households (1,441 men, 7,311 women).

14.6% of residents of 78542 zip code speak English at home.
84.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% very well, 18% well, 9% not well, 14% not at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (5% very well, 80% well, 15% not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (55% very well, 45% well).

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2.7%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 57,753
• Northeast: 168
• Midwest: 2,133
• South: 1,278
• West: 1,484

90% of the 78542 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 4% moved from different state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 4% moved from abroad.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 225
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25 Students in private undergraduate colleges: 841

Most common first names in zip code 78542 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Maria	8	77.4 years
Guadalupe	3	89.7 years
Juanita	3	77.7 years
Ciro	2	62.0 years
Antonio	2	75.5 years
Consuelo	2	86.0 years
John	2	73.5 years
Francisco	2	82.6 years
Manuela	2	94.6 years
Martin	2	69.5 years

Most common last names in zip code 78542 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Rodriguez	6	78.7 years
Garcia	5	69.6 years
Garza	5	77.4 years
Ramirez	5	79.8 years
Gonzalez	3	68.0 years
De La Rosa	3	85.0 years
Hernandez	2	82.5 years
Estrada	2	60.5 years
Gutierrez	2	85.5 years
Cano	2	73.6 years

Businesses in zip code 78542
Name	Count		Name	Count
Baskin-Robbins	1		Dennys	1
Burger King	1		FedEx	1
Chevrolet	1		U-Haul	1
Cricket Wireless	3		UPS	2