79849 Zip Code (San Elizario, TX) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 13,554
Zip code population in 2010: 13,208
Zip code population in 2000: 10,939

Houses and condos: 4,550
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,229
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 79849: 80.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 14.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 967 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: $2,282 (2.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,372 (1.3%)

For population 25 years and over in 79849:

• High school or higher: 62.0%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%
• Graduate or professional degree: 1.3%
• Unemployed: 3.8%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 35.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 79849:

• Never married: 36.2%
• Now married: 45.9%
• Separated: 4.0%
• Widowed: 6.5%
• Divorced: 7.4%

• 
• • 13,05396.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4723.5%White
  • 280.2%Asian

Urban population: 13,102
Rural population: 451

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 79849, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $28,831 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$28,831
State:	$77,054

Salary/wage: $27,897 (reported on 84.1% of returns)

Here:	$27,897
State:	$62,766

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1093.7% for AGIs below $25k, 3312.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6426.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9820.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15133.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $211 (reported on 6.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$211
Texas:	$2,665

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.8% for AGIs below $25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 11.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $80 (reported on 0.8% of returns)

Here:	$80
State:	$10,044

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.8% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$712 (reported on 1.3% of returns)

Here:	+$712
State:	+$39,590

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.6% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Profit/loss from business: +$10,506 (reported on 23.2% of returns)

Here:	+$10,506
State:	+$10,888

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 320.8% for AGIs below $25k, 255.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 144.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 656.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $7,650 (reported on 0.7% of returns)

79849:	$7,650
Texas:	$24,740

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 19.4% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Total itemized deductions: $29,383 (reported on 1.0% of returns)

Here:	$29,383
State:	$40,428

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 345.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Charity contributions: $7,850 (reported on 0.7% of returns)

Here:	$7,850
State:	$18,201

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 61.6% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxes paid: $7,680 (reported on 0.8% of returns)

79849:	$7,680
State:	$7,821

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 75.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Earned income credit: $3,051 (reported on 46.2% of returns)

Here:	$3,051
State:	$2,584

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 217.1% for AGIs below $25k, 143.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 91.5%

Here:	91%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 91.2% for AGIs below $25k, 92.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 91.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 86.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 91.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 79849, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $23,236 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$23,236
State:	$65,384

Salary/wage: $22,676 (reported on 86.1% of returns)

Here:	$22,676
State:	$52,524

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 74.3% for AGIs below $25k, 90.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 91.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 89.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 86.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $180 (reported on 3.9% of returns)

This zip code:	$180
Texas:	$2,372

(% of AGI for various income ranges: )

Ordinary dividends: $67 (reported on 0.6% of returns)

Here:	$67
State:	$9,721

Profit/loss from business: +$9,949 (reported on 24.2% of returns)

Here:	+$9,949
State:	+$13,732

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 21.2% for AGIs below $25k, 4.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.6% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $5,400 (reported on 1.0% of returns)

79849:	$5,400
Texas:	$19,511

Total itemized deductions: $17,590 (33% of AGI, reported on 5.7% of returns)

Here:	$17,590
State:	$24,724

Here:	32.7% of AGI
State:	15.9% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs below $25k, 5.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 17.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Charity contributions: $1,857 (reported on 2.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,857
State:	$6,808

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxes paid: $2,879 (reported on 5.7% of returns)

79849:	$2,879
State:	$6,921

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.1% for AGIs below $25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $3,227 (reported on 61.1% of returns)

Here:	$3,227
State:	$2,570

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 17.6% for AGIs below $25k, 3.9% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 74.1%

Here:	74%
State:	51%

(% for various income ranges: 74.4% for AGIs below $25k, 74.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 69.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 77.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 66.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 79849, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $16,882 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$16,882
State:	$47,881

Salary/wage: $16,818 (reported on 87.2% of returns)

Here:	$16,818
State:	$41,947

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 73.8% for AGIs below $10k, 85.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 95.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 93.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 59.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $149 (reported on 5.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$149
Texas:	$2,255

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.1% for AGIs below $10k, 0.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $43 (reported on 0.6% of returns)

Here:	$43
State:	$4,261

Net capital gain/loss: +$3,846 (reported on 0.3% of returns)

Here:	+$3,846
State:	+$16,110

Profit/loss from business: +$6,351 (reported on 23.3% of returns)

Here:	+$6,351
State:	+$11,013

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 23.0% for AGIs below $10k, 12.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, -0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

IRA payment deduction: $636 (reported on 0.3% of returns)

79849:	$636
Texas:	$3,120

Total itemized deductions: $14,436 (40% of AGI, reported on 3.6% of returns)

Here:	$14,436
State:	$19,631

Here:	40.4% of AGI
State:	18.9% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $1,420 (4% of AGI, reported on 2.3% of returns)

Here:	$1,420
State:	$4,753

Here:	3.7% of AGI
State:	4.2% of AGI

Total tax: $1,355 (reported on 41.2% of returns)

79849:	$1,355
State:	$9,058

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.1% for AGIs below $10k, 2.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $2,597 (reported on 69.4% of returns)

Here:	$2,597
State:	$2,024

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 81.1%

Here:	81%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 78.1% for AGIs below $10k, 84.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 76.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 75.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 83.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 79836, 79927, 79838, 79928, 79907, 79936.
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No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 1,974
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 2,168

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 442 (366 now married, 79 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 2,802 (1,029 now married, 1,779 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 79849 with a mortgage: 857 (73 second mortgage, 79 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,104
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $399

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

• Zip code 79849 household income distribution in 2022

• 312Less than $10,000
• 274$10,000 to $14,999
• 299$15,000 to $19,999
• 218$20,000 to $24,999
• 270$25,000 to $29,999
• 221$30,000 to $34,999
• 250$35,000 to $39,999
• 282$40,000 to $44,999
• 315$45,000 to $49,999
• 137$50,000 to $59,999
• 647$60,000 to $74,999
• 494$75,000 to $99,999
• 271$100,000 to $124,999
• 11$125,000 to $149,999
• 27$150,000 to $199,999
• 44$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 79849

• 21Less than $10,000
• 70$20,000 to $24,999
• 49$25,000 to $29,999
• 10$30,000 to $34,999
• 79$35,000 to $39,999
• 141$40,000 to $49,999
• 342$50,000 to $59,999
• 31$60,000 to $69,999
• 77$70,000 to $79,999
• 306$80,000 to $89,999
• 148$90,000 to $99,999
• 501$100,000 to $124,999
• 98$125,000 to $149,999
• 164$150,000 to $174,999
• 72$175,000 to $199,999
• 34$200,000 to $249,999
• 116$250,000 to $299,999
• 21$400,000 to $499,999
• 7$500,000 to $749,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 79849

• 8$100 to $149
• 45$350 to $399
• 24$400 to $449
• 95$450 to $499
• 15$500 to $549
• 61$550 to $599
• 136$600 to $649
• 31$650 to $699
• 153$700 to $749
• 155$750 to $799
• 228$800 to $899
• 82$900 to $999
• 18$1,250 to $1,499
• 24$1,500 to $1,999
• 57No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $873.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $341,300.

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

• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $170,721
• Asian householders: $144,456
• Some other race householders: $126,333
• Two or more races householders: $162,842
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $121,606

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $106,110 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $65,306 - $137,210

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $119,811

Here:	$119,811
State:	$369,058

Townhouses or other attached units: $101,417

Here:	$101,417
State:	$327,631

Mobile homes: $115,541

Here:	$115,541
State:	$124,413

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 2,369
• One, attached: 148
• Two: 207
• 3 or 4: 374
• 5 to 9: 126
• 10 to 19: 85
• 20 to 49: 58
• 50 or more: 45
• Mobile homes: 1,059
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 16

Unemployment: 3.8%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 79849

• 69.2%3,653Drove a car alone
• 14.9%789Carpooled
• 3.2%169Walked
• 3.8%200Other means
• 8.1%428Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 79849

• 342Less than 5 minutes
• 985 to 9 minutes
• 31810 to 14 minutes
• 38615 to 19 minutes
• 83720 to 24 minutes
• 16025 to 29 minutes
• 1,08530 to 34 minutes
• 12235 to 39 minutes
• 35440 to 44 minutes
• 54745 to 59 minutes
• 28360 to 89 minutes
• 22290 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 90.4%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 13,554

• Male householders: 1,517 (345 living alone), Female householders: 2,564 (161 living alone)

• 1,862 spouses (1,862 opposite-sex spouses), 215 unmarried partners, (215 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 4,819 children (4,598 natural, 0 adopted, 220 stepchildren), 1,695 grandchildren, 159 brothers or sisters, 140 parents, 0 foster children, 409 other relatives, 155 non-relatives

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

Size of family households: 1,120 2-persons, 606 3-persons, 949 4-persons, 409 5-persons, 386 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 506 1-person, 5 2-persons

1,453 married couples with children.
1,199 single-parent households (239 men, 960 women).

7.6% of residents of 79849 zip code speak English at home.
91.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% very well, 19% well, 14% not well, 21% not at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• ALARCON ELEMENTARY (1050 CHICKEN RANCH RD in SAN ELIZARIO, TX)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-071904101
  Organizations: SAN ELIZARIO ISD (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2.9%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2.3%

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

• This state: 7,637
• Northeast: 45
• Midwest: 29
• South: 44
• West: 987

78% of the 79849 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 88% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Texas.

91% of the 79849 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 9% moved from different state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 7% moved from abroad.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 79
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges: 79

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• LOPEZ, ELEAZER (12317 ROSA RD in SAN ELIZARIO, TX; small business) : $12,420 in 2 contracts from 2005 to 2006

  $7,390 with Department of Defense for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Plumbing, Heating, and Waste Disposal Equipment. Signed on 2006-02-23. Completion date: 2007-03-31.
  $5,030 with Defense Commissary Agency for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Food Preparation and Serving Equipment. Signed on 2005-04-01. Completion date: 2006-03-31.
  

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

• Construction: All Other Specialty Trade Contractors (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Construction: Land Subdivision (5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Child and Youth Services (5-9: 1)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: All Other Support Services (5-9: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (5-9: 1)

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0104.03 , 0105.01


Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0104.03 , 0105.01

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 20. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 57 took place in 2011, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (39.9%), and Structure Fires (34.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 79849
• 13039.9%Outside Fires
• 11334.7%Structure Fires
• 6118.7%Other
• 226.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 79849, Texas

Most common first names in zip code 79849 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Jose	41	67.8 years
Maria	41	76.2 years
Juan	16	66.6 years
Jesus	12	68.2 years
Antonio	12	75.1 years
Manuel	12	69.9 years
Miguel	11	61.0 years
Francisca	8	78.2 years
Alfredo	7	73.4 years
Lorenzo	7	78.2 years

Most common last names in zip code 79849 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Martinez	17	72.7 years
Hernandez	13	66.5 years
Garcia	13	77.3 years
Guerra	12	74.5 years
Gonzalez	12	69.7 years
Lopez	12	62.9 years
Reyes	11	62.7 years
Rivera	11	61.9 years
Perez	9	74.4 years
Alvarado	9	75.2 years

Businesses in zip code 79849
Name	Count		Name	Count
7-Eleven	1		Cricket Wireless	1
AutoZone	1		Little Caesars Pizza	1