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Pennington, AL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Pennington, AL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 709. 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 PENNINGTON-AL · Pennington, AL 1 ZIPs · 709 pop · #24851/25278 · Choctaw County

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

  • INC-LOW $29,483
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24851/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Needham
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 709
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $92,500

Nearest income peer: Needham, AL (+ $7,622 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 Pennington

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Pennington 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, Pennington, 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
709
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$29,483
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 ($29,483 average) · poverty 9.4%. The primary code (36916) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Pennington as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Pennington's single ZIP 36916 carries the town

Pennington is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 36916 is the entire residential footprint (709 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Pennington's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 26 establishments, 1,131 employees , annual payroll $103,466k (~37 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 36916 (26 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (8) · also Retail trade · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Pennington, AL

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

Every one of the 6 cities sharing Choctaw County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Pennington, Butler, Gilbertown and Silas among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Gilbertown marks the far end of that range at $68,125, 131% above Pennington.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
36916 709 $29,483 26 9
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Pennington 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 Pennington, .