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Nueces County, TX

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 24 ZIP codes inside Nueces County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
24
in this county
Total population
322,824
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
8
distinct city/town names
Avg density
613
people / sq mi
Avg median income
—
household, ACS
Avg home value
—
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Nueces County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
78414 Corpus Christi 46,133 1,251 $96,788
78415 Corpus Christi 41,583 147 $53,803
78412 Corpus Christi 41,071 1,836 $60,509
78413 Corpus Christi 36,989 1,812 $71,624
78410 Corpus Christi 27,623 474 $77,642
78411 Corpus Christi 24,194 1,523 $60,387
78380 Robstown 24,014 27 $59,322
78404 Corpus Christi 15,650 1,879 $60,264
78416 Corpus Christi 15,030 1,748 $44,726
78405 Corpus Christi 14,194 1,076 $37,188
78408 Corpus Christi 10,294 678 $43,096
78401 Corpus Christi 4,660 836 $37,796
78343 Bishop 4,594 12 $62,516
78417 Corpus Christi 4,400 182 $53,941
78373 Port Aransas 3,271 67 $90,000
78406 Corpus Christi 2,328 80 $51,646
78409 Corpus Christi 2,312 48 $62,813
78407 Corpus Christi 2,033 327 $53,909
78351 Driscoll 705 289 $37,069
78330 Agua Dulce 597 11 $50,000
78419 Corpus Christi 544 289 $87,000
78339 Banquete 348 94 $108,636
78402 Corpus Christi 233 21 $53,102
78347 Chapman Ranch 24 3 —

About Nueces County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Nueces County in Texas contains roughly 24 ZIP codes spread across 8 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 322,824. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Texas index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 613, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Nueces County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Nueces County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.