Brayton, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Brayton, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 309. 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 BRAYTON-IA · Brayton, IA 1 ZIPs · 309 pop · #5809/25278 · Audubon County

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

  • INC-HIGH $92,500
  • RANK-UPPER #5809/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Hamlin
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 309
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $160,900

Nearest income peer: Hamlin, IA (+ $11,667 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 Brayton

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

Top 23%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
309
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$92,500
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 $92,500 and home value $160,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 20.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Brayton as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 50042, is all of Brayton

There is no split to weigh here: 50042 holds every one of Brayton's 309 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Brayton

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 16 employees , annual payroll $814k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50042 (4 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Brayton, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Audubon County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Brayton. See the Audubon County roll-up →

Brayton sits in the upper half of Audubon County on income: Audubon, Exira and Kimballton report less, while Hamlin reports more. Audubon marks the far end of that range at $52,438, 43% below Brayton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50042 309 $92,500 4 4

Brayton 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 Brayton, .