ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 79520

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

Data updated 2026-08-24

234
Property rate /100K (county)
2,552
Population (ZIP)
61
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 79520 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 79520 sits within Jones County, TX. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.

Jones County reported a violent-crime rate of 61 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 234 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.

Based on just 12 reported violent incidents across a county population of 19,663, this count is too low to support a reliable per-100K rate comparison. It may reflect a genuinely low-crime county, or it may reflect incomplete agency-level reporting to the FBI UCR Program for this county and year, small county-level counts are common in FBI Table 10 and should be treated as a data point, not a precise safety ranking.

ZIP 79520 carries a Census-reported population of 2,552, ranking #5 of 6 ZIPs in Jones County, spread across 228.24 square miles (about 11 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Jones County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Jones County crime page linked below.

ZIP 79520 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Jones County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 79520 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
$52,847
Median age
37.0 years
Owner-occupied homes
71%
Occupied homes
1,073

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

Jones County UCR book ZIP 79520 inherits

ZIP 79520 itself is about 11 people per Census sq mi across 228.2 sq mi (2,552 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 79520 accounts for roughly 13% of the county reporting population (2,552 of 19,663).

Jones County leans on larceny-theft at 48% of reported offenses (mix index 3,413). ZIP 79520 has no separate FBI offense book.

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

Jones 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 79520

Similar county violent rate (~61/100K)

Similar Census population (~2,552)

County detail: Jones 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.