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Cottonwood Falls, KS

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cottonwood Falls, KS: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,232. 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 COTTONWOOD-FALLS-KS · Cottonwood Falls, KS 1 ZIPs · 1,232 pop · #21177/25278 · Chase County

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

  • INC-MID $51,771
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21177/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Strong City
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,232
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $89,700

Nearest income peer: Strong City, KS ( $521 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 Cottonwood Falls

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cottonwood Falls on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cottonwood Falls, KS 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.

16th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,232
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$51,771
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 ($51,771 average) · poverty 8.7%. The primary code (66845) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cottonwood Falls as a pure owner town.

Within Kansas, Hope is the closest lower-income city and Hamilton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cottonwood Falls.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 66845, is all of Cottonwood Falls

There is no split to weigh here: 66845 holds every one of Cottonwood Falls's 1,232 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Cottonwood Falls's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 31 establishments, 287 employees , annual payroll $10,665k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 66845 (31 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (4) · also Finance and insurance · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Cottonwood Falls, KS

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

Cottonwood Falls sits in the lower half of Chase County on income: Burns and Elmdale report more, and only Cedar Point reports less. Elmdale marks the far end of that range at $93,750, 81% above Cottonwood Falls.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
66845 1,232 $51,771 31 3
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Cottonwood Falls 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 Cottonwood Falls, .