Which ZIP code in the Houston area has the highest median household income?

77401 (Bellaire), at $243,750 (±$32,933), among 214 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 the Houston Area

These are the 25 ZIP codes in the Houston area with the highest median household income, out of 214 with at least 1,000 residents. 77401 (Bellaire, $243,750), 77005 (Houston, $229,267) and 77441 (Fulshear, $184,390) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in the Houston area; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Richest ZIP codes in the Houston area

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median household income	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	77401	Bellaire	$243,750 ±$32,933	17,213	6,089	6,187
2	77005	Houston	$229,267 ±$19,764	28,874	10,022	11,031
3	77441	Fulshear	$184,390 ±$20,666	41,324	12,428	13,865
4	77382	Spring	$162,384 ±$22,468	38,986	12,989	13,632
5	77059	Houston	$161,944 ±$15,508	18,767	6,540	6,732
6	77479	Sugar Land	$156,735 ±$7,034	92,221	29,862	31,731
7	77345	Kingwood	$150,742 ±$10,810	27,917	9,653	9,859
8	77494	Katy	$148,720 ±$6,273	140,157	42,924	50,837
9	77007	Houston	$144,911 ±$11,821	47,808	25,429	31,282
10	77433	Cypress	$143,934 ±$9,888	116,550	34,982	50,946
11	77381	Spring	$143,565 ±$10,788	36,139	13,544	13,973
12	77008	Houston	$143,229 ±$13,257	41,645	20,352	25,429
13	77406	Richmond	$141,869 ±$11,144	69,918	22,720	27,006
14	77389	Spring	$140,683 ±$18,607	45,701	15,033	17,609
15	77094	Houston	$139,932 ±$34,354	10,395	4,390	4,049
16	77024	Houston	$136,149 ±$19,994	38,288	16,413	18,923
17	77578	Manvel	$134,016 ±$19,211	30,210	9,814	13,292
18	77386	Spring	$132,469 ±$11,119	69,980	22,517	25,598
19	77046	Houston	$131,932 ±$53,864	1,793	1,103	1,307
20	77377	Tomball	$129,327 ±$15,302	41,680	13,449	17,441
21	77459	Missouri City	$129,151 ±$7,376	84,221	28,506	33,329
22	77018	Houston	$127,017 ±$23,372	31,031	12,521	14,888
23	77523	Baytown	$124,188 ±$10,210	30,186	10,443	13,475
24	77316	Montgomery	$124,055 ±$8,757	34,694	12,487	18,695
25	77546	Friendswood	$123,756 ±$6,644	54,789	19,508	20,316

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; 214 of 238 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 48,068 households, on 100 carrier routes with 51,447 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 the Houston area has the highest median household income?: 77401 (Bellaire), at $243,750 (±$32,933), among 214 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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