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Crescent, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Crescent, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,753. 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 CRESCENT-IA · Crescent, IA 1 ZIPs · 1,753 pop · #5302/25278 · Pottawattamie County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $95,179
  • RANK-UPPER #5302/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Minden
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 91% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,753
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $334,300

Nearest income peer: Minden, IA (+ $1,753 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 Crescent

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

Top 21%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,753
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$95,179
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 $95,179 and home value $334,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 27.2%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (91.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Denver is the closest lower-income city and Silver City the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Crescent.

Population concentration

Crescent reads through its lone ZIP, 51526

1,753 ACS residents, one ZIP: 51526 is not the leading code inside Crescent, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Crescent's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 34 establishments, 219 employees , annual payroll $10,804k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 51526 (34 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (10) · also Transportation and warehousing · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .

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ZIP Codes in Crescent, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Pottawattamie County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Crescent. See the Pottawattamie County roll-up →

Crescent sits in the upper half of Pottawattamie County on income: Council Bluffs, Carter Lake and Oakland report less, while Underwood, Treynor and Honey Creek report more. Council Bluffs marks the far end of that range at $69,427, 27% below Crescent.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
51526 1,753 $95,179 34 16
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Crescent 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 Crescent, .