PlainZIP

Grand Tower, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Grand Tower, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 707. 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 GRAND-TOWER-IL · Grand Tower, IL 1 ZIPs · 707 pop · #24350/25278 · Jackson County

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

  • INC-LOW $36,458
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24350/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Elkville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 707
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $51,600

Nearest income peer: Elkville, IL (+ $9,542 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 Grand Tower

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Grand Tower 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, Grand Tower, IL 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.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
707
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$36,458
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 ($36,458 average) · poverty 32.0%. The primary code (62942) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Grand Tower as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Venice is the closest lower-income city and New Haven the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Grand Tower.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 62942, is all of Grand Tower

There is no split to weigh here: 62942 holds every one of Grand Tower's 707 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Grand Tower

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 17 employees , annual payroll $442k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 62942 (4 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Grand Tower, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Jackson County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Grand Tower. See the Jackson County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Jackson County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Grand Tower, Carbondale, Murphysboro and De Soto among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Pomona marks the far end of that range at $88,906, 144% above Grand Tower.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
62942 707 $36,458 4 8
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Grand Tower 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 Grand Tower, .