PlainZIP

Melvern, KS

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Melvern, KS: 1 USPS ZIP, population 779. 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 MELVERN-KS · Melvern, KS 1 ZIPs · 779 pop · #19075/25278 · Osage County

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

  • INC-MID $57,262
  • RANK-LOWER #19075/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Burlingame
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 779
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $178,300

Nearest income peer: Burlingame, KS (+ $7,917 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 Melvern

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Melvern 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, Melvern, KS sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

25th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
779
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$57,262
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $57,262 and poverty 14.8% concentrate in 66510.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Melvern as a pure owner town.

Within Kansas, Mankato is the closest lower-income city and Thayer the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Melvern.

Population concentration

Melvern's single ZIP 66510 carries the town

Melvern is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 66510 is the entire residential footprint (779 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Melvern

Citywide ZBP: 9 establishments, 24 employees , annual payroll $1,026k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 66510 (9 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Melvern, KS

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

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Osage County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Melvern, Osage City, Carbondale and Overbrook among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Overbrook marks the far end of that range at $84,375, 47% above Melvern.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
66510 779 $57,262 9 5
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Melvern 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 Melvern, .