PlainZIP

Cotton Valley, LA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cotton Valley, LA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,622. 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 COTTON-VALLEY-LA · Cotton Valley, LA 1 ZIPs · 1,622 pop · #23689/25278 · Webster Parish

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

  • INC-LOW $41,638
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23689/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sibley
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,622
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $97,300

Nearest income peer: Sibley, LA (+ $834 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 Cotton Valley

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cotton Valley 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, Cotton Valley, LA 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.

6th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,622
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$41,638
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 ($41,638 average) · poverty 13.8%. The primary code (71018) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cotton Valley as a pure owner town.

Within Louisiana, Cloutierville is the closest lower-income city and Castor the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cotton Valley.

Population concentration

Cotton Valley reads through its lone ZIP, 71018

1,622 ACS residents, one ZIP: 71018 is not the leading code inside Cotton Valley, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Cotton Valley

Citywide ZBP: 14 establishments, 181 employees , annual payroll $13,490k (~9 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 71018 (14 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (3) · also Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Cotton Valley, LA

These ZIP codes sit in Webster Parish, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cotton Valley. See the Webster Parish roll-up →

Cotton Valley lands mid-pack among the 9 cities sharing Webster Parish: Doyline, Heflin and Shongaloo earn more and Minden, Springhill and Sarepta earn less. Shongaloo marks the far end of that range at $83,472, 100% above Cotton Valley.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
71018 1,622 $41,638 14 7
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Cotton Valley 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 Cotton Valley, .