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Cylinder, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cylinder, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 383. 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 CYLINDER-IA · Cylinder, IA 1 ZIPs · 383 pop · #2483/25278 · Palo Alto County

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

  • INC-TOP $116,429
  • RANK-TOP #2483/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over West Bend
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 383
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $187,500

Nearest income peer: West Bend, IA ( $24,429 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 Cylinder

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

Top 10%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
383
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$116,429
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 $116,429 and home value $187,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 38.4%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (78.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cylinder as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Long Grove is the closest lower-income city and Floris the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cylinder.

Population concentration

Cylinder reads through its lone ZIP, 50528

383 ACS residents, one ZIP: 50528 is not the leading code inside Cylinder, 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 Cylinder's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 32 employees , annual payroll $1,365k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50528 (7 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Cylinder, IA

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

No other city sharing Palo Alto County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Cylinder. Emmetsburg, Ruthven and West Bend sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Emmetsburg marks the far end of that range at $59,261, 49% below Cylinder.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50528 383 $116,429 7 2
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Cylinder 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 Cylinder, .