79543 Zip Code (Roby, TX) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 1,209
Zip code population in 2010: 1,186
Zip code population in 2000: 1,230

Houses and condos: 618
Renter-occupied apartments: 84
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 79543: 77.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 164.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.

Population density: 7 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: $1,838 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,069 (1.5%)

For population 25 years and over in 79543:

• High school or higher: 88.8%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%
• Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
• Unemployed: 1.4%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 27.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 79543:

• Never married: 23.6%
• Now married: 52.0%
• Separated: 0.9%
• Widowed: 10.0%
• Divorced: 13.5%

• 
• • 82568.4%White
  • 30425.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 473.9%Black
  • 312.6%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 79543, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $59,539 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$59,539
State:	$77,054

Salary/wage: $50,940 (reported on 79.5% of returns)

Here:	$50,940
State:	$62,766

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1095.6% for AGIs below $25k, 4096.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6618.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9593.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 18447.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $270 (reported on 22.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$270
Texas:	$2,665

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.9% for AGIs below $25k, 14.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 30.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,200 (reported on 13.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,200
State:	$10,044

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 62.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 205.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$8,560 (reported on 11.4% of returns)

Here:	+$8,560
State:	+$39,590

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 103.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 862.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$5,857 (reported on 15.9% of returns)

Here:	+$5,857
State:	+$10,888

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 302.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 560.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $15,733 (reported on 6.8% of returns)

79543:	$15,733
Texas:	$24,740

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 524.4% for AGIs below $25k)

Earned income credit: $1,975 (reported on 18.2% of returns)

Here:	$1,975
State:	$2,584

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 122.2% for AGIs below $25k, 60.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 95.5%

Here:	95%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 92.3% for AGIs below $25k, 90.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 79543, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $56,035 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$56,035
State:	$65,384

Salary/wage: $37,400 (reported on 79.2% of returns)

Here:	$37,400
State:	$52,524

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 71.5% for AGIs below $25k, 73.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 72.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 70.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 32.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $633 (reported on 25.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$633
Texas:	$2,372

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

Ordinary dividends: $3,100 (reported on 14.6% of returns)

Here:	$3,100
State:	$9,721

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,686 (reported on 14.6% of returns)

Here:	+$2,686
State:	+$35,319

Profit/loss from business: +$10,412 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

Here:	+$10,412
State:	+$13,732

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $10,425 (reported on 8.3% of returns)

79543:	$10,425
Texas:	$19,511

Total itemized deductions: $15,050 (15% of AGI, reported on 12.5% of returns)

Here:	$15,050
State:	$24,724

Here:	14.7% of AGI
State:	15.9% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $6,000 (reported on 8.3% of returns)

Here:	$6,000
State:	$6,808

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $2,333 (reported on 12.5% of returns)

79543:	$2,333
State:	$6,921

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,310 (reported on 20.8% of returns)

Here:	$2,310
State:	$2,570

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.0% for AGIs below $25k, 1.7% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 58.3%

Here:	58%
State:	51%

(% for various income ranges: 58.8% for AGIs below $25k, 63.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 42.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 40.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 75.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 79543, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $32,707 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$32,707
State:	$47,881

Salary/wage: $28,034 (reported on 76.1% of returns)

Here:	$28,034
State:	$41,947

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 104.3% for AGIs below $10k, 70.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 73.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 61.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 63.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 47.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,005 (reported on 39.5% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,005
Texas:	$2,255

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.6% for AGIs below $10k, 3.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $1,274 (reported on 15.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,274
State:	$4,261

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.5% for AGIs below $10k, 0.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.8% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$1,347 (reported on 15.6% of returns)

Here:	+$1,347
State:	+$16,110

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -0.2% for AGIs below $10k, 0.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$5,103 (reported on 16.9% of returns)

Here:	+$5,103
State:	+$11,013

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.7% for AGIs below $10k, 5.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $15,273 (26% of AGI, reported on 11.9% of returns)

Here:	$15,273
State:	$19,631

Here:	25.8% of AGI
State:	18.9% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $4,316 (7% of AGI, reported on 8.2% of returns)

Here:	$4,316
State:	$4,753

Here:	7.3% of AGI
State:	4.2% of AGI

Total tax: $4,660 (reported on 67.7% of returns)

79543:	$4,660
State:	$9,058

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.0% for AGIs below $10k, 2.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 19.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,881 (reported on 21.9% of returns)

Here:	$1,881
State:	$2,024

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 77.0%

Here:	77%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 72.6% for AGIs below $10k, 83.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 73.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 78.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 77.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 81.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 79546, 79560, 79534, 79556, 79561, 79520.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 28
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 467

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 23 (14 now married, 8 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 243 (127 now married, 115 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 79543 with a mortgage: 79
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $945
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $464

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

• Zip code 79543 household income distribution in 2022

• 21Less than $10,000
• 21$10,000 to $14,999
• 19$15,000 to $19,999
• 8$20,000 to $24,999
• 37$25,000 to $29,999
• 30$30,000 to $34,999
• 5$40,000 to $44,999
• 28$45,000 to $49,999
• 38$50,000 to $59,999
• 97$60,000 to $74,999
• 47$75,000 to $99,999
• 72$100,000 to $124,999
• 46$125,000 to $149,999
• 14$150,000 to $199,999
• 6$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 79543

• 12Less than $10,000
• 7$10,000 to $14,999
• 6$15,000 to $19,999
• 29$20,000 to $24,999
• 5$25,000 to $29,999
• 15$30,000 to $34,999
• 17$35,000 to $39,999
• 14$40,000 to $49,999
• 36$50,000 to $59,999
• 54$60,000 to $69,999
• 12$70,000 to $79,999
• 10$80,000 to $89,999
• 39$100,000 to $124,999
• 19$125,000 to $149,999
• 25$150,000 to $174,999
• 22$200,000 to $249,999
• 19$300,000 to $399,999
• 8$400,000 to $499,999
• 4$750,000 to $999,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 79543

• 5$200 to $249
• 7$250 to $299
• 5$350 to $399
• 10$400 to $449
• 8$550 to $599
• 13$800 to $899
• 25No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $784.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $82,780
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $24,202
• Some other race householders: $24,202
• Two or more races householders: $60,511
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $30,255

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $76,487 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $48,657 - $149,735

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $113,959

Here:	$113,959
State:	$369,058

Mobile homes: $135,229

Here:	$135,229
State:	$124,413

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 504
• Two: 14
• 5 to 9: 9
• Mobile homes: 84

Unemployment: 1.4%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 79543

• 78.2%537Drove a car alone
• 11.6%80Carpooled
• 1.9%13Walked
• 5.4%37Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 79543

• 69Less than 5 minutes
• 1015 to 9 minutes
• 6010 to 14 minutes
• 7715 to 19 minutes
• 7720 to 24 minutes
• 2025 to 29 minutes
• 11130 to 34 minutes
• 935 to 39 minutes
• 1240 to 44 minutes
• 3545 to 59 minutes
• 1560 to 89 minutes
• 4190 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 59.0%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,209

• Male householders: 230 (82 living alone), Female householders: 268 (59 living alone)

• 239 spouses (239 opposite-sex spouses), 50 unmarried partners, (20 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 368 children (352 natural, 2 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 23 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 168 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 55 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 140 1-person, 20 2-persons

201 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (2 men, 53 women).

85.0% of residents of 79543 zip code speak English at home.
15.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% very well, 3% well, 14% not well, 16% not at all).

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 9.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 8.0%

Population in 1990: 1,333.

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

• This state: 1,023
• Northeast: 1
• Midwest: 28
• South: 49
• West: 34

66% of the 79543 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Texas.

98% of the 79543 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% 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, 6% moved from different state.

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): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

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

• Utilities: Electric Power Distribution (50-99 employees: 1 establishment)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Title Abstract and Settlement Offices (5-9: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (1-4: 2)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (1-4: 1)
• Construction: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (1-4: 1)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 7. The highest number of fire incidents - 24 took place in 2008, and the least - 0 in 2014. The data has an increasing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (76.5%), and Structure Fires (15.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 79543
• 7876.5%Outside Fires
• 1615.7%Structure Fires
• 76.9%Other
• 11.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 79543, Texas

Most common first names in zip code 79543 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
William	18	79.9 years
James	16	77.3 years
Mary	14	76.8 years
Robert	12	77.7 years
John	10	76.4 years
Joe	9	75.7 years
Willie	9	79.6 years
George	6	80.7 years
Charles	5	75.8 years
Raymond	5	74.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 79543 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Smith	11	82.9 years
Moore	11	84.4 years
Parker	10	70.7 years
Terry	10	78.9 years
Neves	10	80.4 years
Stuart	8	81.0 years
Ballenger	8	77.1 years
Carter	7	79.1 years
Driver	6	79.5 years
Palmer	6	71.8 years