Centerville, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Centerville, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 7,847. 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 CENTERVILLE-IA · Centerville, IA 1 ZIPs · 7,847 pop · #21594/25278 · Appanoose County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $50,572
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21594/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Mystic
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 63% owners
  • POP-TOWN 7,847
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $116,900

Nearest income peer: Mystic, IA ( $3,947 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 Centerville

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Centerville 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, Centerville, IA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

15th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
7,847
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,572
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 ($50,572 average) · poverty 21.2%. The primary code (52544) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (62.7%) for this income tier, rent $785 may matter more than the home-value average.

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

Population concentration

Centerville reads through its lone ZIP, 52544

7,847 ACS residents, one ZIP: 52544 is not the leading code inside Centerville, 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 Centerville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 238 establishments, 3,424 employees , annual payroll $146,757k (~30 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 52544 (238 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (39) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Centerville, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Appanoose County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Centerville. See the Appanoose County roll-up →

Centerville sits in the lower half of Appanoose County on income: Moravia, Moulton and Cincinnati report more, Mystic and Exline report less. Moravia marks the far end of that range at $81,953, 62% above Centerville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
52544 7,847 $50,572 238 22

Centerville 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 Centerville, .