ZIP Code 76951

ZIP code 76951, which takes in Sterling City, sits in middle-income territory: a median household income of $64,954 against a per-capita figure of $29,196. Homes here carry a median value of $147,000, and county-level property taxes run at an effective rate of 1.29 percent, so owners pay a real share of that value each year. Add a combined sales tax of 6.25 percent on purchases, and the overall tax picture lands where many working- and middle-class Texas communities find themselves — steady costs against earnings that are solid but not high enough to make those costs incidental.