Archer, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Archer, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 282. 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 ARCHER-IA · Archer, IA 1 ZIPs · 282 pop · #3308/25278 · O'Brien County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $108,058
  • RANK-TOP #3308/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Paullina
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 94% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 282
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $189,500

Nearest income peer: Paullina, IA ( $23,933 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 Archer

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Archer 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, Archer, IA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 13%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
282
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$108,058
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $108,058 and home value $189,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 33.5%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (94.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Eldridge is the closest lower-income city and Ankeny the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Archer.

Population concentration

Archer reads through its lone ZIP, 51231

282 ACS residents, one ZIP: 51231 is not the leading code inside Archer, 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 Archer's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 63 employees , annual payroll $3,385k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 51231 (6 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Archer, IA

These ZIP codes sit in O'Brien County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Archer. See the O'Brien County roll-up →

No other city sharing O'Brien County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Archer. Sheldon, Hartley and Sanborn sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Calumet marks the far end of that range at $58,750, 46% below Archer.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
51231 282 $108,058 6 4

Archer 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 Archer, .