ZIP Code 79258 — undefined, TX Demographics & Data

ZIP code 79258 covers TX in Floyd County with a population of about 8.

It sits in telephone area code 806; U.S. House district TX-19; the LUBBOCK media market.

TX reads as a military / base-oriented community on US5’s intent model (elevated veteran share (50.0%) and/or base-related place names). Service members and families often look up Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates, on-base mail (PSC / P.O. Box) addresses, and nearby ZIP demographics when relocating.

US5 shows 2026 DoD BAH locality rates for this ZIP’s Military Housing Area on this page (pay grade × with/without dependents). Treat the table as a planning reference and confirm entitlement with your finance office or the official DTMO BAH lookup.

On socioeconomic markers, US5 shows a poverty rate of 0.0%; unemployment rate near 0.0%; 50.0% of adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher (about 16.3 points above the national share (33.7%)).

Labor and commute patterns include leading industry context around Finance and insurance and Public administration; a mean commute of about 8.0 minutes (U.S. average near 26.8).

Housing tenure and rents show owner-occupancy near 100.0% (about 34.6 points above the national owner-occupancy rate (65.4%)).

FEMA’s National Risk Index rates natural-hazard risk for TX as Very Low (composite score 30.7), which is relatively lower than many U.S. communities. The strongest component scores on US5 are wildfire (73.3) and hurricane (31.1). These scores are county-linked NRI values published for planning context — all ZIP codes in the same county share the same composite score on US5. Useful when comparing insurance and disaster exposure across areas, not a substitute for a parcel-level flood or fire determination.

Climate normals for TX show little to no average snow and around 21.7 inches of annual precipitation.

IRS migration statistics for ZIP 79258 (TX) are roughly balanced (near-zero net) on US5’s published series.