PlainZIP

Wellston, OH

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wellston, OH: 1 USPS ZIP, population 8,773. 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 WELLSTON-OH · Wellston, OH 1 ZIPs · 8,773 pop · #19895/25278 · Jackson County

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

  • INC-MID $55,301
  • RANK-LOWER #19895/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Oak Hill
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-TOWN 8,773
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $134,100

Nearest income peer: Oak Hill, OH (+ $4,094 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 Wellston

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Wellston 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, Wellston, OH sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

21st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
8,773
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$55,301
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 ($55,301 average) · poverty 23.0%. The primary code (45692) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Wellston as a pure owner town.

Within Ohio, Dorset is the closest lower-income city and Mingo Junction the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wellston.

Population concentration

Wellston's single ZIP 45692 carries the town

Wellston is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 45692 is the entire residential footprint (8,773 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 Wellston

Citywide ZBP: 108 establishments, 2,338 employees , annual payroll $108,341k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 45692 (108 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (19) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Wellston, OH

These ZIP codes sit in Jackson County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Wellston. See the Jackson County roll-up →

Wellston lands mid-pack among the 4 cities sharing Jackson County: Jackson and Oak Hill earn more and Ray and Coalton earn less. Coalton marks the far end of that range at $46,932, 15% below Wellston.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
45692 8,773 $55,301 108 41
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