PlainZIP

Delta, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Delta, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 585. 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 DELTA-IA · Delta, IA 1 ZIPs · 585 pop · #18863/25278 · Keokuk County

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

  • INC-MID $57,745
  • RANK-LOWER #18863/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ What Cheer
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 585
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $110,200

Nearest income peer: What Cheer, IA (+ $1,373 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 Delta

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

25th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
585
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$57,745
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $57,745 and poverty 9.1% concentrate in 52550.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Delta reads through its lone ZIP, 52550

585 ACS residents, one ZIP: 52550 is not the leading code inside Delta, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Delta

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 3 employees , annual payroll $62k (~5 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 52550 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Delta, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Keokuk County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Delta. See the Keokuk County roll-up →

Delta sits in the lower half of Keokuk County on income: Sigourney, Keota and Hedrick report more, South English, Gibson and Thornburg report less. Hedrick marks the far end of that range at $98,438, 70% above Delta.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
52550 585 $57,745 3 6
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