Carpenter, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Carpenter, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 56. 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 CARPENTER-IA · Carpenter, IA 1 ZIPs · 56 pop · #11479/25278 · Mitchell County

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

  • INC-MID $74,107
  • RANK-MID #11479/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Orchard
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 85% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 56
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $63,900

Nearest income peer: Orchard, IA (+ $2,976 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 Carpenter

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

Top 45%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
56
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$74,107
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 50426 (56 residents). Household income $74,107 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Carpenter as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Hospers is the closest lower-income city and Belle Plaine the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Carpenter.

Population concentration

Carpenter reads through its lone ZIP, 50426

56 ACS residents, one ZIP: 50426 is not the leading code inside Carpenter, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Carpenter's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 14 employees , annual payroll $230k (~54 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50426 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Carpenter, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Mitchell County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Carpenter. See the Mitchell County roll-up →

Carpenter sits in the upper half of Mitchell County on income: Osage, Riceville and Stacyville report less, while Saint Ansgar and Orchard report more. Mc Intire marks the far end of that range at $42,054, 43% below Carpenter.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50426 56 $74,107 3 932

Carpenter 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 Carpenter, .