ZIP 79556 · Sweetwater
Who lives in ZIP code 79556 (Sweetwater, TX): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Sweetwater, TX · Nolan County
uszips 2026
People12,532
Median age39.5
Household income$49,393
Home value$92,893
Median rent$903/mo
Poverty23.7%
College degree+15.3%
Commute17 min
Place
- Metro area
- Sweetwater, TX (micro)
- Wider region
- Abilene-Sweetwater, TX
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 13 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 5,103
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
19.3% are 65 or older; 74.3% are adults.
Household income
24.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $29,501.
Education (adults 25+)
26.6% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
37.6% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 44.7%
- Never married
- 27.2%
- Divorced
- 19.0%
- Widowed
- 9.2%
- Family size
- 3.07
- Dual-income families
- 44.5%
Housing
- Own their home
- 66.0%
- Rent burden
- 26.1%
- Men / women
- 51% / 49%
Work
- In labor force
- 59.9%
- Unemployment
- 6.2%
- Self-employed
- 13.0%
- Farmers
- 5.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 8.7%
- Veterans
- 6.4%
- With a disability
- 19.2%
- No health insurance
- 11.8%
- Limited English
- 3.7%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.