Buchanan, TN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Buchanan, TN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,629. 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 BUCHANAN-TN · Buchanan, TN 1 ZIPs · 2,629 pop · #20180/25278 · Henry County

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

  • INC-MID $54,471
  • RANK-LOWER #20180/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Puryear
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 95% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,629
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $196,800

Nearest income peer: Puryear, TN ( $22 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 Buchanan

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Buchanan 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 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Buchanan, TN 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.

20th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,629
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$54,471
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 ($54,471 average) · poverty 12.6%. The primary code (38222) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (94.9%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Tennessee, Puryear is the closest lower-income city and Minor Hill the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Buchanan.

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ZIP Codes in Buchanan, TN

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

Buchanan lands mid-pack among the 6 cities sharing Henry County: Springville, Cottage Grove and Mansfield earn more and Paris and Henry earn less. Henry marks the far end of that range at $37,188, 32% below Buchanan.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
38222 2,629 14 America/Chicago

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Buchanan, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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