New housing units permitted
184
Across 153 permitted buildings. Total construction value: $48.0M.
ZIP 77436, TX (77436)
Wharton County · Population 131
Fresh.Data current as of Apr 24, 2026
TX 77436 (ZIP 77436) sits in Wharton County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: High Blood Pressure comes in above the national average at 49.5%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 6 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $11,299. BLS QCEW reports average annual pay of $51,177 per worker, roughly 22% below the US average. FEMA has issued 26 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1990 — a high-frequency exposure profile. County Health Rankings reports 11,245 years of potential life lost per 100,000 (2025) — well above the national county median. Fast-food restaurants outnumber grocery stores roughly 4-to-1 per capita (USDA Food Environment Atlas) — a "food swamp" pattern often linked to higher diet-related disease prevalence. Texas has no state income tax (Tax Foundation 2025). New residents arriving here predominantly come from Fort Bend County, TX (IRS SOI Migration, 2022-2023). Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: fair market rent of $1,100 for a two-bedroom. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
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Fair Market Rent
Fresh.HUD SAFMR · May 1, 2026Studio
$760
/month
1 Bed
$840
/month
2 Bed
$1,100
/month
3 Bed
$1,500
/month
4 Bed
$1,720
/month
HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.
New housing construction
Single-family
150
82% of total units
Multifamily (2+ unit)
34
18% of total units
Single-family value
$43.1M
construction value
Multifamily value
$4.9M
construction value
Based on county-level data (2024).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.
Business & employment
Business establishments
3
Total employment
59
Annual payroll
$2.8M
Average annual pay
$46,695
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Business Patterns (census.gov). Public domain. ZBP covers establishments with paid employees; Census suppresses employment and payroll values when fewer employers operate in a ZIP than would protect their confidentiality.
Employment & wages
Average annual pay
$51,177
Average weekly wage
$984
Total employment
16,408
Total establishments
1,154
That is roughly 22% below the US national average of $65,470 per worker.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.3%
That is 0.3 percentage points above the US national unemployment rate of about 4.0%.
Labor force
19,489
Employed
18,645
Unemployed
844
Based on Wharton County, TX data (2024).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.
Federal Disaster Declarations
Federally Declared Disasters
26
Date Range
1990–2024
Most Recent Declaration
HURRICANE BERYL
Hurricane — declared July 9, 2024 (DR-4798)
Incident period: July 5, 2024 – July 9, 2024
Top Incident Types
- Hurricane11 (42%)
- Flood4 (15%)
- Severe Storm3 (12%)
- Severe Ice Storm2 (8%)
- Biological2 (8%)
- Other4 (15%)
Individual Assistance
5
Direct help to disaster survivors
Households Program
6
Housing & temporary lodging support
Public Assistance
23
Repair of public facilities & roads
Hazard Mitigation
12
Funding to reduce future disaster risk
FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.
Climate
30-year averages (1991-2020) from the nearest GHCN-D weather station. Temperature and precipitation values reflect typical annual conditions, not any single year.
Avg. temperature
69.8°F
59.9° – 79.7°
Annual precipitation
46.4"
Annual snowfall
0.9"
Heating · cooling days
1,306.3 · 3,081.4
Annual base 65°F
Nearest station: DANEVANG 1 W, TX US, 21.3 miles from the centroid of ZIP 77436 (ZIP 77436)
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals (ncei.noaa.gov). Public domain.
Community health profile
Years of potential life lost (per 100K)
11,245
That is roughly 3,045 years per 100,000 above the national county median (~8,200).
Premature death is the headline composite outcome CHR reports — age-adjusted, all-cause, before age 75.
Fair or poor health
24%
of adults self-report
Poor physical health days
4.7
avg per adult per month
Poor mental health days
5.7
avg per adult per month
Uninsured
20.6%
of residents under 65
Primary care MDs
38
per 100,000 residents
Preventable hospital stays
5,141
per 100K Medicare enrollees
Food environment (0-10)
7.3
10 = best access & security
Exercise access
54%
residents near a facility
Flu vaccinated
38%
of Medicare enrollees
Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 9.1% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.
Based on Wharton data (2025 CHR release).
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.
Food access
Food access status
Moderate food access challenges
13.5% of Wharton County, TX residents live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket.
Grocery stores
0.19
per 1,000 residents
Supercenters & clubs
—
per 1,000 residents
SNAP-authorized stores
0.99
accepting food benefits
Fast-food restaurants
0.84
per 1,000 residents
Among low-income residents, 4.8% are low-access — those without a supermarket within 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural).
Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in Wharton County, TX for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).
Safety
FBI publishes crime data at the county level. Numbers below cover the primary county that contains this ZIP. Rates are per 100,000 residents in the area covered by reporting agencies.
Violent crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 46 reports
Property crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 175 reports
Homicide
0
Robbery
1
Burglary
37
Vehicle theft
14
County-level data for Wharton (2024)
Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (cde.ucr.cjis.gov). Public domain. Coverage varies by reporting agency; areas with partial agency coverage may understate true crime totals.
Who’s moving in and out
Net migration (2022-2023)
▼−156 people
−132 households • −$785K net AGI flow
Moved in
889households
1,727 people • $52.5M AGI
Moved out
1,021households
1,883 people • $53.3M AGI
Where new residents came from
- Fort Bend County, TX — 254 households
- Harris County, TX — 148 households
- Matagorda County, TX — 50 households
- Colorado County, TX — 32 households
- Brazoria County, TX — 25 households
Where departing residents went
- Fort Bend County, TX — 207 households
- Harris County, TX — 134 households
- Matagorda County, TX — 74 households
- Brazoria County, TX — 43 households
- Colorado County, TX — 31 households
Incoming households reported an average AGI of $59,091 versus departing households' $52,220.
Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.
Taxes & benefits in Texas
State-level rules that apply to every resident of ZIP 77436. Numbers reflect the most recent published year per source.
Tax rates
Income tax
None
No state income tax
Sales tax (combined)
8.20%
State 6.25% · avg local 1.95%
Property tax (effective)
1.42%
Median $1,254/year
Tax burden rank
4 of 50
8.40% of personal income
Paid family leave
Program
Voluntary (private insurance framework)
Voluntary (private insurance framework)
Safety net
SNAP eligibility
165% FPL
Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (raises gross income limit above federal 130% floor). Asset limit $5,000.
Sources: Tax Foundation (state tax rates & brackets), Bipartisan Policy Center (paid family leave), USDA FNS (SNAP categorical eligibility).
Other ZIPs near 77436
Nearby ZIPs by distance
77443 (4.3 mi) · 77460 (Nada, 8.2 mi) · 77467 (10 mi) · 77488 (Wharton, 10.6 mi) · 77448 (Hungerford, 10.7 mi) · 77437 (El Campo, 11.2 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
Data sources used on this page
All data on this page is sourced from federal government datasets · Not AI-generated · Methodology
Health profile
Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.
Obesity
41.2%
8.2pp above the 33.0% national rate.
High Blood Pressure
49.5%
17.5pp above the 32.0% national rate.
Depression
17.0%
5.0pp below the 22.0% national rate.
Annual Checkup
82.3%
6.3pp above the 76.0% national rate.
Health Insurance
16.1%
3.1pp above the 13.0% national rate.
Diabetes
19.6%
8.6pp above the 11.0% national rate.
Colleges & universities nearby
Colleges in this area
6
Median in-state tuition
$11,299
Median earnings (10 yr)
$44,960
- 4-Year
Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View, TX · 77446
- In-state tuition
- $11,299
- Out-of-state tuition
- $26,874
- Acceptance rate
- 79.3%
- Graduation rate
- 43.2%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $45,411
- Median student debt
- $27,000
- 2-Year
Wharton County Junior College
Wharton, TX · 77488
- In-state tuition
- $3,192
- Out-of-state tuition
- $5,904
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 23.5%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $44,960
- Median student debt
- $7,703
- 4-Year
North American University
Stafford, TX · 77477
- In-state tuition
- $15,436
- Out-of-state tuition
- $15,436
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 29.2%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- —
- Median student debt
- $4,925
- Certificate
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Stafford
Stafford, TX · 77477
- In-state tuition
- —
- Out-of-state tuition
- —
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 68.0%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $31,488
- Median student debt
- $7,917
- Certificate
Precision Welding Academy
Katy, TX · 77449
- In-state tuition
- —
- Out-of-state tuition
- —
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 92.3%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- —
- Median student debt
- —
- Certificate
Mystros Barber Academy - Missouri City
Missouri City, TX · 77489
- In-state tuition
- —
- Out-of-state tuition
- —
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- —
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- —
- Median student debt
- —
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Public domain data. Earnings figures reflect median earnings 10 years after entry for federally-aided students.
What these numbers say together
TX 77436 (ZIP 77436) sits in Wharton County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: High Blood Pressure comes in above the national average at 49.5%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 6 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $11,299. BLS QCEW reports average annual pay of $51,177 per worker, roughly 22% below the US average. FEMA has issued 26 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1990 — a high-frequency exposure profile. County Health Rankings reports 11,245 years of potential life lost per 100,000 (2025) — well above the national county median. Fast-food restaurants outnumber grocery stores roughly 4-to-1 per capita (USDA Food Environment Atlas) — a "food swamp" pattern often linked to higher diet-related disease prevalence. Texas has no state income tax (Tax Foundation 2025). New residents arriving here predominantly come from Fort Bend County, TX (IRS SOI Migration, 2022-2023). Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: fair market rent of $1,100 for a two-bedroom. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
The two domains pull in different directions. Healthcare access reads strong, but the on-paper school count is on the lighter side — that’s less a quality signal and more a density one. Households here often look at districts a few ZIPs over for school choice while keeping their providers local.
One concrete reading worth keeping: Depression prevalence sits lower the national rate at 17.0%. Each figure on this page links to the original federal dataset with its retrieval date — this synthesis is a reading, not a substitute for the underlying records.
Frequently Asked Questions — ZIP 77436
What is the obesity rate in ZIP 77436?
41.2%, which is 8.2 percentage points above the national average of 33.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the depression rate in ZIP 77436?
17.0%, which is 5.0 percentage points below the national average of 22.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the high blood pressure rate in ZIP 77436?
49.5%, which is 17.5 percentage points above the national average of 32.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
How many businesses are in ZIP 77436?
As of 2022, 3 business establishments operated in ZIP 77436 employing 59 workers (Census ZIP Business Patterns, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the average salary in ZIP 77436?
The average annual pay across all local establishments in ZIP 77436 is $46,695, based on Census ZIP Business Patterns 2022 data (retrieved May 3, 2026).
How vulnerable is ZIP 77436 to disasters and public health emergencies?
According to the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (2022), ZIP 77436 ranks in the 72th percentile nationally for social vulnerability — a high vulnerability profile (retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the biggest vulnerability factor in ZIP 77436?
Housing Type & Transportation is the highest-scoring CDC SVI theme for ZIP 77436, ranking in the 83th percentile nationally (CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022, retrieved May 3, 2026).
How many federally declared disasters has ZIP 77436 experienced?
FEMA has recorded 26 federal disaster declarations affecting ZIP 77436 between 1990–2024 (FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What kinds of disasters most often hit ZIP 77436?
Hurricane is the most common federally declared disaster type affecting ZIP 77436, accounting for 11 of 26 declarations (42%, FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What was the most recent disaster declared for ZIP 77436?
The most recent FEMA disaster declaration affecting ZIP 77436 was "HURRICANE BERYL" — a hurricane declared in 2024 (DR-4798) (FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What colleges are near ZIP 77436?
6 colleges and universities are listed near ZIP 77436 by the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, including Prairie View A & M University, Wharton County Junior College, and North American University (retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the average tuition at colleges near ZIP 77436?
Median in-state tuition across 6 nearby institutions is $11,299 (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What do graduates earn from colleges near ZIP 77436?
Graduates of nearby colleges earn a median of $44,960 ten years after entry (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the climate like in ZIP 77436?
ZIP 77436 has an average annual temperature of 69.8°F and 46.4" of annual precipitation based on the DANEVANG 1 W, TX US weather station 21.3 miles from the ZIP centroid (NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, retrieved May 8, 2026).
What taxes apply in ZIP 77436?
Texas has no state income tax. The combined state and local sales tax rate is 8.20% (Tax Foundation 2025).
Does Texas have paid family leave?
Texas runs an active paid family leave program offering up to — weeks of paid leave per year (Bipartisan Policy Center 2026).
What data is available for ZIP 77436?
This page covers health outcomes from CDC PLACES (33 metrics), colleges from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (6 institutions), local business & employment from Census ZIP Business Patterns (2022), social vulnerability scores from the CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022), federal disaster declarations from FEMA OpenFEMA (26 on record), climate normals from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020), county-level crime data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024), and state-level tax rates from the Tax Foundation. Data is refreshed on Mubboo's standard schedule.
How current is this data?
Health data retrieved Apr 24, 2026 from CDC PLACES. College data retrieved May 2, 2026 from U.S. Dept of Education College Scorecard. Business & employment retrieved May 3, 2026 from Census ZBP (2022). Social vulnerability scores retrieved May 3, 2026 from CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022). Federal disaster declarations retrieved May 3, 2026 from FEMA OpenFEMA (26 on record). Climate normals retrieved May 8, 2026 from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020). County-level crime data retrieved May 4, 2026 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024). State-level tax rates retrieved 2026-05-05 15:58:22.284+00 from the Tax Foundation.
Other ZIPs near 77436
Nearby ZIPs by distance
77443 (4.3 mi) · 77460 (Nada, 8.2 mi) · 77467 (10 mi) · 77488 (Wharton, 10.6 mi) · 77448 (Hungerford, 10.7 mi) · 77437 (El Campo, 11.2 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
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Social Vulnerability Index
Overall SVI
72nd percentile
High Vulnerability
Based on 1 census tract, population 416
Vulnerability Themes
Households Without Vehicle
6
Limited English Speakers
17
Persons with Disability
46
Without HS Diploma
38
Without Health Insurance
103
Adults Age 65+
56
The Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. Census data to identify communities most at risk during public health emergencies and natural disasters. Higher percentiles indicate greater vulnerability. Tract-level scores are aggregated to this ZCTA via Census 2020 ZCTA→Tract crosswalk, weighted by land-area share. Source: atsdr.cdc.gov. Public domain.