Carbon, IA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Carbon, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 34. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CARBON-IA · Carbon, IA 1 ZIPs · 34 pop · #22187/25278 · Adams County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-UNK
- INC-MID $48,750
- RANK-BOTTOM #22187/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Nodaway
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 82% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 34
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-UNK Homes pending
Nearest income peer: Nodaway, IA (+ $14,750 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 Carbon
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Carbon on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Carbon · this city · lowest
Carbon · this city · lowest
$48,750 median HH income
- Nodaway · near
Nodaway · near
$63,500 median HH income
- Corning · near
Corning · near
$66,875 median HH income
- Prescott · highest
Prescott · highest
$76,875 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Carbon, IA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 12th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 34
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $48,750
- 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.
Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($48,750 average) · poverty 30.4%. The primary code (50839) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Carbon as a pure owner town.
Within Iowa, Oelwein is the closest lower-income city and Riverton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Carbon.
Population concentration
Carbon's single ZIP 50839 carries the town
Carbon is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 50839 is the entire residential footprint (34 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
No ZBP establishments filed for Carbon's ZIPs
Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Carbon. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.
ZIP Codes in Carbon, IA
These ZIP codes sit in Adams County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Carbon. See the Adams County roll-up →
Every one of the 3 cities sharing Adams County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Carbon, Corning, Prescott and Nodaway among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Prescott marks the far end of that range at $76,875, 58% above Carbon.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50839 | 34 | $48,750 | n/a | 19 |
Carbon 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 Carbon, .