ZIP Code 78578

In ZIP code 78578, near Brownsville, households bring in a median of $51,880 a year, while per-capita income reaches $37,249. A home valued at $196,200 would carry roughly $2,943 in annual property taxes at the county's 1.50% rate, a real line item against that paycheck. Day-to-day purchases add a 6.25% combined sales tax. Together these figures sketch a place where earnings stretch only so far, and where housing costs and consumption taxes both shape what families can save or spend on everything else.