Fort Mitchell, AL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fort Mitchell, AL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,719. 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 FORT-MITCHELL-AL · Fort Mitchell, AL 1 ZIPs · 3,719 pop · #10971/25278 · Russell County

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

  • INC-HIGH $75,381
  • RANK-MID #10971/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Seale
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,719
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $258,700

Nearest income peer: Seale, AL ( $19,485 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 Fort Mitchell

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

Top 43%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,719
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$75,381
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 36856 (3,719 residents). Household income $75,381 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Alabama, Harpersville is the closest lower-income city and Enterprise the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fort Mitchell.

Population concentration

One delivery area carries the whole town

Fort Mitchell is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 36856 is the entire residential footprint (3,719 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

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ZIP Codes in Fort Mitchell, AL

These ZIP codes sit in Russell County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Fort Mitchell. See the Russell County roll-up →

No other city sharing Russell County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Fort Mitchell. Phenix City, Seale and Hurtsboro sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Hurtsboro marks the far end of that range at $43,451, 42% below Fort Mitchell.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
36856 3,719 43 America/Chicago

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Fort Mitchell, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.