Which ZIP code in Colorado County has the highest median household income?

78950 (New Ulm), at $91,354 (±$31,563), among 7 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Richest ZIP codes in Colorado County, TX

These are the 7 ZIP codes in Colorado County with the highest median household income, out of 7 with at least 1,000 residents. 78950 (New Ulm, $91,354), 78940 (Fayetteville, $89,157) and 77434 (Eagle Lake, $71,705) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Colorado County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Richest ZIP codes in Colorado County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median household income	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	78950	New Ulm	$91,354 ±$31,563	2,300	980	1,190
2	78940	Fayetteville	$89,157 ±$9,061	2,188	965	1,191
3	77434	Eagle Lake	$71,705 ±$21,421	3,970	1,303	1,696
4	78962	Weimar	$71,278 ±$13,927	5,236	2,204	2,180
5	77442	Garwood	$70,859 ±$19,290	1,123	419	267
6	78933	Cat Spring	$68,444 ±$16,073	1,395	506	777
7	78934	Columbus	$58,302 ±$17,821	6,731	2,430	3,183

How we ranked them

Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 7 of 14 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Higher-income ZIP codes suit offers with a bigger ticket: remodeling, pools, roofing, financial planning, private schools, premium dining. A median describes the middle household, not every door, so the routes inside each ZIP still vary.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 5,871 households, on 16 carrier routes with 6,524 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Colorado County has the highest median household income?: 78950 (New Ulm), at $91,354 (±$31,563), among 7 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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