Ethel, MO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ethel, MO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 206. 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 ETHEL-MO · Ethel, MO 1 ZIPs · 206 pop · #24467/25278 · Macon County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $35,417
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24467/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Callao
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 206
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $95,600

Nearest income peer: Callao, MO (+ $6,975 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 Ethel

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ethel 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, Ethel, MO 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.

3rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
206
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$35,417
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 ($35,417 average) · poverty 19.9%. The primary code (63539) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Missouri, Squires is the closest lower-income city and Arrow Rock the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ethel.

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ZIP Codes in Ethel, MO

These ZIP codes sit in Macon County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ethel. See the Macon County roll-up →

Every one of the 9 cities sharing Macon County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Ethel, Macon, La Plata and Bevier among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Atlanta marks the far end of that range at $72,500, 105% above Ethel.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
63539 206 2 America/Chicago

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Ethel, 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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