PlainZIP

Gainestown, AL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gainestown, AL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 691. 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 GAINESTOWN-AL · Gainestown, AL 1 ZIPs · 691 pop · #24844/25278 · Clarke County

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

  • INC-LOW $29,609
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24844/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Campbell
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 691
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Campbell, AL (+ $1,939 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 Gainestown

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gainestown 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, Gainestown, AL 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.

2nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
691
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$29,609
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 ($29,609 average) · poverty 35.3%. The primary code (36540) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Gainestown reads through its lone ZIP, 36540

691 ACS residents, one ZIP: 36540 is not the leading code inside Gainestown, 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 Gainestown

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 31 employees , annual payroll $1,530k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 36540 (4 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Gainestown, AL

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

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Clarke County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Gainestown, Jackson, Thomasville and Grove Hill among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Whatley marks the far end of that range at $69,671, 135% above Gainestown.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
36540 691 $29,609 4 6
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Gainestown 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 Gainestown, .