Household Median Income by Zip Code (ZCTA5) — Iowa

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The Des Moines metro area in central Iowa displays the state's most prominent concentration of high-income zip codes, with several exceeding $125,000, likely corresponding to suburban communities like West Des Moines and Ankeny. Northwestern Iowa and parts of the western border exhibit notably lower median incomes, with scattered zip codes falling below $40,000, while the eastern corridor along the Cedar Rapids–Iowa City axis shows a secondary cluster of above-average incomes interspersed with lower-income urban cores. Rural zip codes across southern Iowa consistently trend toward the lower end of the income spectrum compared to the northern tier, which benefits from proximity to agricultural productivity and smaller but economically stable communities.

Data: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ACS

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