PlainZIP

Bankston, AL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Bankston, AL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,021. 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 BANKSTON-AL · Bankston, AL 1 ZIPs · 1,021 pop · #23134/25278 · Fayette County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-UNK

  • INC-LOW $44,674
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23134/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Fayette
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 90% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,021
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Fayette, AL (+ $2,346 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 Bankston

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Bankston 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, Bankston, AL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

8th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,021
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$44,674
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 1 ZIP ($44,674 average) · poverty 27.1%. The primary code (35542) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (90.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Alabama, Muscadine is the closest lower-income city and Winfield the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Bankston.

Population concentration

Bankston's single ZIP 35542 carries the town

Bankston is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 35542 is the entire residential footprint (1,021 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Bankston

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 24 employees , annual payroll $914k (~4 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 35542 (4 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Bankston, AL

These ZIP codes sit in Fayette County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Bankston. See the Fayette County roll-up →

Bankston lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Fayette County: Fayette, Berry and Belk earn more and Kennedy and Glen Allen earn less. Berry marks the far end of that range at $69,531, 56% above Bankston.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
35542 1,021 $44,674 4 7
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