Anniston, AL
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Anniston, AL: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 52,019. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet ANNISTON-AL · Anniston, AL 4 ZIPs · 52,019 pop · #23014/25278 · Calhoun County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-SPLIT · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $45,358
- RANK-BOTTOM #23014/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Wellington
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 57% owners
- POP-SMALL 52,019
- SPREAD-SPLIT 36205→36207
- HOME-LOW $166,250
Nearest income peer: Wellington, AL (+ $7,666 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 Anniston
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Anniston on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Anniston · this city · lowest
Anniston · this city · lowest
$45,358 median HH income
- Wellington · near
Wellington · near
$53,024 median HH income
- Jacksonville · near
Jacksonville · near
$55,294 median HH income
- Weaver · near
Weaver · near
$62,610 median HH income
- Ohatchee · near
Ohatchee · near
$68,250 median HH income
- Alexandria · highest
Alexandria · highest
$83,406 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Anniston, AL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 9th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 52,019
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $45,358
- 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.
Lower-income footing on only 4 ZIPs ($45,358 average) · poverty 25.0%. The primary code (36201) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (56.8%) for this income tier, rent $823 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Alabama, Fort Payne is the closest lower-income city and Cuba the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Anniston.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Anniston differ
Anniston's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $24,734 in ZIP 36205 to $67,969 in ZIP 36207, while home values span $80,900 in 36201 to $251,600 in 36205. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 2.7×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 3.1×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 35.4 points
36205 to 36207
36201 to 36205
36207 to 36205
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Anniston residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Anniston: the largest, 36201, is only about 39% of 52,019 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Anniston
Citywide ZBP: 1,041 establishments, 17,533 employees , annual payroll $839,367k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 36201 (486 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (178) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .
ZIP Codes in Anniston, AL
These ZIP codes sit in Calhoun County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Anniston. See the Calhoun County roll-up →
Every one of the 7 cities sharing Calhoun County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Anniston, Jacksonville, Oxford and Ohatchee among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Alexandria marks the far end of that range at $83,406, 84% above Anniston.
Side-by-side: Compare 36201 vs 36207 →
Anniston 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 Anniston, .