PlainZIP

Lewis, IN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lewis, IN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 698. 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 LEWIS-IN · Lewis, IN 1 ZIPs · 698 pop · #21933/25278 · Clay County

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

  • INC-MID $49,473
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21933/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Staunton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 44% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 698
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $159,800

Nearest income peer: Staunton, IN (+ $1,673 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 Lewis

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lewis 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, Lewis, IN 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.

13th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
698
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$49,473
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 ($49,473 average) · poverty 43.7%. The primary code (47858) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (43.5%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Indiana, Matthews is the closest lower-income city and Marion the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lewis.

Population concentration

Lewis reads through its lone ZIP, 47858

698 ACS residents, one ZIP: 47858 is not the leading code inside Lewis, 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 Lewis

Citywide ZBP: 10 establishments, 23 employees , annual payroll $618k (~14 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 47858 (10 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Lewis, IN

These ZIP codes sit in Clay County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lewis. See the Clay County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Clay County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Lewis, Brazil, Clay City and Centerpoint among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Centerpoint marks the far end of that range at $102,991, 108% above Lewis.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
47858 698 $49,473 10 9
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