PlainZIP

Delta, AL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Delta, AL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,599. 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 DELTA-AL · Delta, AL 1 ZIPs · 1,599 pop · #18326/25278 · Clay County

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

  • INC-MID $58,993
  • RANK-LOWER #18326/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Ashland
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 93% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,599
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $143,100

Nearest income peer: Ashland, AL ( $8,527 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 Delta

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

28th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,599
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$58,993
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $58,993 and poverty 15.5% concentrate in 36258.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (93.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Alabama, Hollywood is the closest lower-income city and Hillsboro the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Delta.

Population concentration

Delta reads through its lone ZIP, 36258

1,599 ACS residents, one ZIP: 36258 is not the leading code inside Delta, 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 Delta

Citywide ZBP: 14 establishments, 29 employees , annual payroll $1,271k (~9 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 36258 (14 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Delta, AL

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

Delta sits in the upper half of Clay County on income: Lineville and Ashland report less, while Cragford reports more. Cragford marks the far end of that range at $84,792, 44% above Delta.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
36258 1,599 $58,993 14 6
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