Muscle Shoals, AL
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Muscle Shoals, AL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 16,617. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MUSCLE-SHOALS-AL · Muscle Shoals, AL 1 ZIPs · 16,617 pop · #11384/25278 · Colbert County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $74,310
- RANK-MID #11384/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Leighton
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 70% owners
- POP-TOWN 16,617
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $191,800
Nearest income peer: Leighton, AL ( $3,093 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 Muscle Shoals
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Muscle Shoals on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Sheffield · lowest
Sheffield · lowest
$40,065 median HH income
- Cherokee · near
Cherokee · near
$48,720 median HH income
- Tuscumbia · near
Tuscumbia · near
$64,706 median HH income
- Leighton · near
Leighton · near
$71,217 median HH income
- Muscle Shoals · this city · highest
Muscle Shoals · this city · highest
$74,310 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Muscle Shoals, AL sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 45%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 16,617
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $74,310
- 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 35661 (16,617 residents). Household income $74,310 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (70.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Muscle Shoals as a pure owner town.
Within Alabama, Fultondale is the closest lower-income city and Odenville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Muscle Shoals.
Population concentration
One delivery area carries the whole town
Muscle Shoals is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 35661 is the entire residential footprint (16,617 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.
ZIP Codes in Muscle Shoals, AL
These ZIP codes sit in Colbert County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Muscle Shoals. See the Colbert County roll-up →
No other city sharing Colbert County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Muscle Shoals. Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Leighton sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Sheffield marks the far end of that range at $40,065, 46% below Muscle Shoals.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35661 | 16,617 | 115 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Muscle Shoals, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.