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West Mineral, KS

Single-footprint Census roll-up for West Mineral, KS: 1 USPS ZIP, population 178. 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 WEST-MINERAL-KS · West Mineral, KS 1 ZIPs · 178 pop · #24350/25278 · Cherokee County

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

  • INC-LOW $36,458
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24350/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Columbus
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 178
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $45,000

Nearest income peer: Columbus, KS (+ $11,985 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 West Mineral

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest West Mineral on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, West Mineral, KS 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.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
178
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$36,458
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 ($36,458 average) · poverty 7.3%. The primary code (66782) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating West Mineral as a pure owner town.

Within Kansas, Pierceville is the closest lower-income city and Summerfield the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for West Mineral.

Population concentration

West Mineral reads through its lone ZIP, 66782

178 ACS residents, one ZIP: 66782 is not the leading code inside West Mineral, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on West Mineral's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 13 employees , annual payroll $176k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 66782 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in West Mineral, KS

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

Every one of the 6 cities sharing Cherokee County reports a higher average ZIP median income than West Mineral, Baxter Springs, Columbus and Galena among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Riverton marks the far end of that range at $90,521, 148% above West Mineral.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
66782 178 $36,458 3 233
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West Mineral 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 West Mineral, .