Challis, ID
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Challis, ID: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,504. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CHALLIS-ID · Challis, ID 1 ZIPs · 2,504 pop · #24350/25278 · Custer County
INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-LOW $36,458
- RANK-BOTTOM #24350/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Mackay
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 69% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 2,504
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $358,700
Nearest income peer: Mackay, ID (+ $37,024 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 Challis
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Challis on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Challis · this city · lowest
Challis · this city · lowest
$36,458 median HH income
- Mackay · near
Mackay · near
$73,482 median HH income
- Stanley · highest
Stanley · highest
$81,602 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, Challis, ID 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.
- 4th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 2,504
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $36,458
- 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 ($36,458 average) · poverty 16.1%. The primary code (83226) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Challis as a pure owner town.
Within Idaho, Santa is the closest lower-income city and White Bird the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Challis.
ZIP Codes in Challis, ID
These ZIP codes sit in Custer County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Challis. See the Custer County roll-up →
Every one of the 2 cities sharing Custer County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Challis, Mackay and Stanley among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Stanley marks the far end of that range at $81,602, 124% above Challis.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83226 | 2,504 | 0 | America/Boise |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Challis, 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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