79312 Zip Code (Amherst, TX) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 1,207
Zip code population in 2010: 971
Zip code population in 2000: 930

Houses and condos: 412
Renter-occupied apartments: 71
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 79312: 76.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 87.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 14 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $3,413 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $635 (1.3%)

For population 25 years and over in 79312:

• High school or higher: 75.3%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.9%
• Graduate or professional degree: 1.1%
• Unemployed: 0.9%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 17.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 79312:

• Never married: 24.3%
• Now married: 53.9%
• Separated: 2.2%
• Widowed: 12.1%
• Divorced: 7.5%

• 
• • 76263.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 32426.9%White
  • 705.8%Black
  • 433.6%Asian
  • 60.5%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 79312, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $40,974 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$40,974
State:	$77,054

Salary/wage: $36,706 (reported on 88.6% of returns)

Here:	$36,706
State:	$62,766

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1412.0% for AGIs below $25k, 4925.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8046.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6870.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $340 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$340
Texas:	$2,665

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.0% for AGIs below $25k, 50.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,300 (reported on 5.7% of returns)

Here:	+$2,300
State:	+$39,590

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 46.0% for AGIs below $25k)

Profit/loss from business: +$3,560 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	+$3,560
State:	+$10,888

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 88.0% for AGIs below $25k, 112.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Earned income credit: $2,522 (reported on 25.7% of returns)

Here:	$2,522
State:	$2,584

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 154.0% for AGIs below $25k, 91.2% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 85.7%

Here:	86%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 84.6% for AGIs below $25k, 91.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 80.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 66.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 79312, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $35,632 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$35,632
State:	$65,384

Salary/wage: $31,209 (reported on 86.8% of returns)

Here:	$31,209
State:	$52,524

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 78.3% for AGIs below $25k, 87.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 74.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 63.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $511 (reported on 23.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$511
Texas:	$2,372

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs below $25k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Ordinary dividends: $867 (reported on 7.9% of returns)

Here:	$867
State:	$9,721

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$3,700 (reported on 5.3% of returns)

Here:	+$3,700
State:	+$35,319

Profit/loss from business: +$5,340 (reported on 13.2% of returns)

Here:	+$5,340
State:	+$13,732

Earned income credit: $2,478 (reported on 23.7% of returns)

Here:	$2,478
State:	$2,570

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.1% for AGIs below $25k, 1.1% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 71.1%

Here:	71%
State:	51%

(% for various income ranges: 68.8% for AGIs below $25k, 69.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 80.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 75.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 79312, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $20,394 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$20,394
State:	$47,881

Salary/wage: $25,160 (reported on 84.7% of returns)

Here:	$25,160
State:	$41,947

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 83.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 79.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 75.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 67.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,276 (reported on 30.9% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,276
Texas:	$2,255

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $650 (reported on 10.1% of returns)

Here:	$650
State:	$4,261

Net capital gain/loss: +$105 (reported on 4.8% of returns)

Here:	+$105
State:	+$16,110

Profit/loss from business: +$5,679 (reported on 14.1% of returns)

Here:	+$5,679
State:	+$11,013

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.9% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $13,308 (28% of AGI, reported on 6.5% of returns)

Here:	$13,308
State:	$19,631

Here:	27.8% of AGI
State:	18.9% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $2,364 (5% of AGI, reported on 5.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,364
State:	$4,753

Here:	4.7% of AGI
State:	4.2% of AGI

Total tax: $3,422 (reported on 57.8% of returns)

79312:	$3,422
State:	$9,058

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 15.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,862 (reported on 29.1% of returns)

Here:	$1,862
State:	$2,024

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 73.6%

Here:	74%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 69.4% for AGIs below $10k, 78.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 71.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 71.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 80.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 79339, 79326, 79082, 79031, 79369, 79353.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 15
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 314

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 323 (181 now married, 140 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 79312 with a mortgage: 16
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,617
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $377

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

• Zip code 79312 household income distribution in 2022

• 3Less than $10,000
• 24$10,000 to $14,999
• 12$15,000 to $19,999
• 9$20,000 to $24,999
• 38$25,000 to $29,999
• 10$30,000 to $34,999
• 7$35,000 to $39,999
• 9$40,000 to $44,999
• 14$45,000 to $49,999
• 42$50,000 to $59,999
• 51$60,000 to $74,999
• 47$75,000 to $99,999
• 18$100,000 to $124,999
• 18$125,000 to $149,999
• 20$150,000 to $199,999

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 79312

• 10Less than $10,000
• 14$10,000 to $14,999
• 15$15,000 to $19,999
• 40$20,000 to $24,999
• 14$25,000 to $29,999
• 2$30,000 to $34,999
• 16$35,000 to $39,999
• 7$40,000 to $49,999
• 27$50,000 to $59,999
• 3$60,000 to $69,999
• 19$70,000 to $79,999
• 1$80,000 to $89,999
• 3$90,000 to $99,999
• 2$125,000 to $149,999
• 15$150,000 to $174,999
• 2$175,000 to $199,999
• 22$200,000 to $249,999
• 5$250,000 to $299,999
• 2$400,000 to $499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 79312

• 10$150 to $199
• 1$300 to $349
• 2$500 to $549
• 6$700 to $749
• 47No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $611.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $140,517.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $77,054
• Black or African American householders: $40,411
• Some other race householders: $34,130
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $31,826

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $57,163

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $152,904

Here:	$152,904
State:	$369,058

Mobile homes: $437,450

Here:	$437,450
State:	$124,413

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 370
• Two: 7
• 3 or 4: 8
• Mobile homes: 23

Unemployment: 0.9%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 79312

• 68.6%322Drove a car alone
• 13.0%61Carpooled
• 7.9%37Walked
• 8.9%42Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 79312

• 34Less than 5 minutes
• 1045 to 9 minutes
• 4610 to 14 minutes
• 10515 to 19 minutes
• 4820 to 24 minutes
• 1125 to 29 minutes
• 2030 to 34 minutes
• 1235 to 39 minutes
• 240 to 44 minutes
• 1245 to 59 minutes
• 2060 to 89 minutes
• 290 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 73.6%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,207

• Male householders: 217 (82 living alone), Female householders: 113 (18 living alone)

• 164 spouses (134 opposite-sex spouses), 13 unmarried partners, (13 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 342 children (319 natural, 12 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 67 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 0 foster children, 150 other relatives, 52 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 33 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 84 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 42 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 100 1-person, 11 2-persons

162 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (31 men, 24 women).

44.0% of residents of 79312 zip code speak English at home.
52.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% very well, 7% well, 17% not well, 22% not at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% very well, 12% well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• AMHERST SCHOOL (100 N MAIN in AMHERST, TX)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-140901001
  Organizations: AMHERST ISD (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• 5 STAR DAIRY (HIGHWAY 84 in AMHERST, TX)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: DAIRY FARMS
  Organizations: KORNELIS & PIERTSJE VANDERLEI (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: KORNELIS & PIERTSJE VANDERLEI

• AMHERST ISD (P O BOX 248 in AMHERST, TX)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
  

• AMHERST ISD (P O BOX 249 in AMHERST, TX)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 16.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 16.6%

Population in 1990: 1,266.

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

• This state: 648
• Northeast: 16
• Midwest: 97
• South: 14
• West: 38

52% of the 79312 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Texas.

92% of the 79312 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% moved from different state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 3% moved from abroad.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26 Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Wholesale Trade: Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (5-9: 1)
• Construction: Finish Carpentry Contractors (1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance (1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Beauty Salons (1-4: 1)
• Wholesale Trade: Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 79312 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
William	18	81.7 years
John	15	77.5 years
James	15	83.9 years
Mary	11	79.4 years
Willie	9	79.7 years
Mildred	6	82.7 years
Henry	5	78.8 years
Mattie	5	84.8 years
Charlie	5	84.2 years
George	4	76.3 years

Most common last names in zip code 79312 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Harmon	10	83.8 years
Long	10	68.4 years
Brantley	9	76.5 years
Gonzales	9	72.0 years
Moore	7	81.5 years
Nix	6	83.5 years
Nicholson	6	77.8 years
White	6	75.0 years
Tomes	6	74.7 years
Young	6	78.0 years