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Ames, IA ZIP Codes

5 ZIP codes use the postal name Ames, Iowa (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $60,731 in 50014 to $65,398 in 50010 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Ames's most populous ZIP code is 50010, with 33,799 people (ACS 2020-2024); 31% of its land is in the city of Ames.

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Where are Ames's ZIP codes?

50010: $65k median household income50012: – median household income50013: – median household income50014: $61k median household income50014500105001350010: $65k median household income50012: – median household income50013: – median household income50014: $61k median household income50014500105001350010: $65k median household income50012: – median household income50013: – median household income50014: $61k median household income5001450010
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Ames, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Ames's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 50010 ($65,398), the lowest in 50014 ($60,731). Home values run from $253,500 in 50010 to $336,800 in 50014.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Ames

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Ames, IA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
50010 Story County 33,799 561 $65k $254k
50014 Story County 32,958 608 $61k $337k
50013 Story County 4,211 6,600 – –
50012 Story County 1,913 5,561 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Ames

1 ZIP code named Ames has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Ames, IA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
50011Story County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Ames's ZIP codes reach?

Ames's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Story County (4 ZIP codes mainly there), Boone County (part of a ZIP code).

Which first three digits do Ames's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Ames starts with 500.

Three-digit prefixes of Ames's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Ames's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
500 Des Moines, IA (SCF 500) 5 68

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.