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Des Moines, IA ZIP Codes

57 ZIP codes use the postal name Des Moines, Iowa (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 12 residential and 45 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $39,950 in 50314 to $92,242 in 50312, 2.3 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Des Moines's most populous ZIP code is 50317, with 36,548 people (ACS 2020-2024); 76% of its land is in the city of Des Moines.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Des Moines's ZIP codes?

50309: $57k median household income50310: $76k median household income50311: $62k median household income50312: $92k median household income50313: $68k median household income50314: $40k median household income50315: $61k median household income50316: $56k median household income50317: $66k median household income50319: – median household income50320: $85k median household income50321: $80k median household income503175031350320503215031550310503125031650309503145031150309: $57k median household income50310: $76k median household income50311: $62k median household income50312: $92k median household income50313: $68k median household income50314: $40k median household income50315: $61k median household income50316: $56k median household income50317: $66k median household income50319: – median household income50320: $85k median household income50321: $80k median household income503175031350320503215031550310503125031650309503145031150309: $57k median household income50310: $76k median household income50311: $62k median household income50312: $92k median household income50313: $68k median household income50314: $40k median household income50315: $61k median household income50316: $56k median household income50317: $66k median household income50319: – median household income50320: $85k median household income50321: $80k median household income50317503135032050321503155031050312503165030950311
The 12 residential ZIP codes named Des Moines, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Des Moines's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 50312 ($92,242), the lowest in 50314 ($39,950). Home values run from $147,900 in 50314 to $320,500 in 50321.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 12 residential ZIP codes of Des Moines

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Des Moines, IA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
50317 Polk County 36,548 1,652 $66k $178k
50315 Polk County 34,816 3,381 $61k $173k
50310 Polk County 31,177 3,880 $76k $223k
50320 Polk County 24,807 1,477 $85k $217k
50313 Polk County 17,440 966 $68k $175k
50316 Polk County 16,710 4,685 $56k $154k
50312 Polk County 15,802 2,807 $92k $292k
50311 Polk County 14,574 5,711 $62k $227k
50314 Polk County 10,438 4,228 $40k $148k
50309 Polk County 10,110 3,725 $57k $293k
50321 Polk County 7,900 697 $80k $321k
50319 Polk County no residents 0 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Des Moines

45 ZIP codes named Des Moines have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Des Moines, IA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
50301Polk County
50302Polk County
50303Polk County
50304Polk County
50305Polk County
50306Polk County
50307Polk County
50308Polk County
50318Polk County
50328Polk County
50329Polk County
50330Polk County
50331Polk County
50332Polk County
50333Polk County
50334Polk County
50335Polk County
50336Polk County
50339Polk County
50340Polk County
50359Polk County
50360Polk County
50361Polk County
50362Polk County
50363Polk County
50364Polk County
50367Polk County
50368Polk County
50369Polk County
50380Polk County
50381Polk County
50391Polk County
50392Polk County
50393Polk County
50394Polk County
50395Polk County
50396Polk County
50936Polk County
50940Polk County
50947Polk County
50950Polk County
50980Polk County
50981Polk County
50982Polk County
50983Polk County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Des Moines's ZIP codes reach?

Des Moines's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Polk County (12 ZIP codes mainly there), Warren County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Des Moines's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Des Moines's residential ZIP codes cover Des Moines itself and 1 other place, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Saylorville census-designated 50313

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Des Moines's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Des Moines's ZIP codes use 2 prefixes: 503 and 509.

Three-digit prefixes of Des Moines's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Des Moines's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
503 Des Moines, IA (SCF 500) 49 55
509 Des Moines, IA (SCF 500) 8 8

All 8 ZIP codes that start with 509 are Des Moines's: 0 residential codes and 8 PO Box or unique codes, sorted at Des Moines, IA (SCF 500).

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.