ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 77414

Matagorda County, Texas: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

565
Property rate /100K (county)
24,107
Population (ZIP)
254
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 77414 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 77414 sits within Matagorda County, TX, a county whose reported crime runs below the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Matagorda County's reported crime sits somewhat below the national average: 254 violent and 565 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 77414 is the largest ZIP in Matagorda County by population, 24,107 residents (#1 of 12 county ZIPs), across 555.12 square miles (43/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Matagorda County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Matagorda County crime page linked below.

ZIP 77414 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Matagorda County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 77414 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$54,859
Median age
35.8 years
Owner-occupied homes
64%
Occupied homes
9,430

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 77414?

Within the participating-agency records for Matagorda County, reported violent and property crime rates both sit below their U.S. benchmarks: violent crime is 28% below and property crime is 67% below. The two submitted measures point in the same direction, but they do not establish complete county coverage or turn the result into a ZIP-level rating for 77414. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

Within the county, 77414 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 12). Its 24,107 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Matagorda County UCR book ZIP 77414 inherits

ZIP 77414 itself is about 43 people per Census sq mi across 555.1 sq mi (24,107 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 77414's 24,107 residents are about 66.5% of the 2024 county reporting population (36,255), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Matagorda County leans on larceny-theft at 44% of reported offenses (mix index 2,999). ZIP 77414 has no separate FBI offense book.

Matagorda County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +18% vs 2023; property counts -1% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Matagorda County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 77414

Similar county violent rate (~254/100K)

Similar Census population (~24,107)

County detail: Matagorda County · State atlas: Texas

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.