PlainZIP

Starks, LA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Starks, LA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,309. 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 STARKS-LA · Starks, LA 1 ZIPs · 2,309 pop · #25042/25278 · Calcasieu Parish

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

  • INC-LOW $24,917
  • RANK-BOTTOM #25042/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Vinton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 71% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,309
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $83,700

Nearest income peer: Vinton, LA (+ $24,538 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 Starks

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Starks 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, Starks, LA 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.

1st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,309
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$24,917
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 ($24,917 average) · poverty 43.8%. The primary code (70661) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Starks as a pure owner town.

Within Louisiana, Waterproof is the closest lower-income city and Sun the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Starks.

Population concentration

Starks reads through its lone ZIP, 70661

2,309 ACS residents, one ZIP: 70661 is not the leading code inside Starks, 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 Starks

Citywide ZBP: 12 establishments, 50 employees , annual payroll $2,555k (~5 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 70661 (12 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (4) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Starks, LA

These ZIP codes sit in Calcasieu Parish, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Starks. See the Calcasieu Parish roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Calcasieu Parish reports a higher average ZIP median income than Starks, Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Hayes marks the far end of that range at $128,906, 417% above Starks.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
70661 2,309 $24,917 12 5
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Starks 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 Starks, .