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Alta Vista, KS

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Alta Vista, KS: 1 USPS ZIP, population 848. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ALTA-VISTA-KS · Alta Vista, KS 1 ZIPs · 848 pop · #17788/25278 · Wabaunsee County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $60,208
  • RANK-LOWER #17788/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mc Farland
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 848
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $124,200

Nearest income peer: Mc Farland, KS ( $708 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Alta Vista

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Alta Vista on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Alta Vista, KS sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

30th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
848
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$60,208
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $60,208 and poverty 14.5% concentrate in 66834.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Alta Vista as a pure owner town.

Within Kansas, Iola is the closest lower-income city and Kincaid the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Alta Vista.

Population concentration

Alta Vista's single ZIP 66834 carries the town

Alta Vista is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 66834 is the entire residential footprint (848 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Alta Vista's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 15 establishments, 67 employees , annual payroll $2,833k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 66834 (15 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (5) .

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ZIP Codes in Alta Vista, KS

These ZIP codes sit in Wabaunsee County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Alta Vista. See the Wabaunsee County roll-up →

Every one of the 6 cities sharing Wabaunsee County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Alta Vista, Alma, Maple Hill and Paxico among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Maple Hill marks the far end of that range at $96,786, 61% above Alta Vista.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
66834 848 $60,208 15 2
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Alta Vista roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Alta Vista, .