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Arion, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Arion, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 233. 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 ARION-IA · Arion, IA 1 ZIPs · 233 pop · #17496/25278 · Crawford County

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

  • INC-MID $60,843
  • RANK-LOWER #17496/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Dow City
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 233
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $146,600

Nearest income peer: Dow City, IA (+ $2,330 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 Arion

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

31st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
233
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$60,843
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $60,843 and poverty 2.1% concentrate in 51520.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Arion as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Cushing is the closest lower-income city and Burlington the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Arion.

Population concentration

Arion's single ZIP 51520 carries the town

Arion is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 51520 is the entire residential footprint (233 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Arion's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 160 employees , annual payroll $6,638k (~30 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 51520 (7 units) ; leading NAICS Manufacturing (3) · also Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Arion, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Crawford County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Arion. See the Crawford County roll-up →

Arion sits in the lower half of Crawford County on income: Denison, Manilla and Schleswig report more, Charter Oak and Deloit report less. Manilla marks the far end of that range at $100,625, 65% above Arion.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
51520 233 $60,843 7 5
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