Lelia Lake is a community in Donley County, Texas, home to about 30 people across 0.9 square miles. Its ZIP code is 79240, and parts of 79226 are in Lelia Lake too.
Homes sold for a median of $133 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Lelia Lake
Mostly Clarendon; part is in Lelia Lake
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Lelia Lake. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC)186 miles away |
|---|---|
| Closer regional airport | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA)53 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Lubbock, TX111 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Dallas, TX276 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Lelia Lake; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
It’s the 1739th largest of 1,778 towns in Texas by population.
Donley County grew from 2,756 residents in 1900 to 3,258 in 2020.
Donley County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 95°F in summer, and winter lows average 24°F. About 22.7 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 4 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Clarendon, TX weather station (3 miles away).
365 jobs at 70 businesses in Donley County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Grocery stores
Pharmacies
Libraries
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Clarendon and Howardwick.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.