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Belton, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Belton, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,276. 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 BELTON-KY · Belton, KY 1 ZIPs · 1,276 pop · #10031/25278 · Muhlenberg County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $77,898
  • RANK-UPPER #10031/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bremen
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,276
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $157,900

Nearest income peer: Bremen, KY (+ $852 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 Belton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Belton 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, Belton, KY sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 40%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,276
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$77,898
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 42324 (1,276 residents). Household income $77,898 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Kentucky, Shelbyville is the closest lower-income city and Glens Fork the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Belton.

Population concentration

Belton's single ZIP 42324 carries the town

Belton is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 42324 is the entire residential footprint (1,276 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 Belton

Citywide ZBP: 5 establishments, 19 employees , annual payroll $621k (~4 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42324 (5 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (4) .

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ZIP Codes in Belton, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Muhlenberg County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Belton. See the Muhlenberg County roll-up →

No other city sharing Muhlenberg County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Belton. Greenville, Central City and Drakesboro sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Drakesboro marks the far end of that range at $36,875, 53% below Belton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
42324 1,276 $77,898 5 14
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