ZIP Code 78574

In ZIP code 78574, near Edinburg, households bring in a median of $52,393 a year, with per-capita income at $20,405. Homes here are valued at a median of $129,900, and the county property tax rate of 1.62% works out to roughly $2,100 annually on such a home. Add the 8.25% combined sales tax on everyday purchases, and a meaningful share of earnings goes toward housing and consumption taxes. That leaves less slack in the budget than the income figure alone might imply, since property and sales taxes together claim a noticeable slice of what households earn.