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Dow City, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Dow City, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 931. 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 DOW-CITY-IA · Dow City, IA 1 ZIPs · 931 pop · #16273/25278 · Crawford County

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

  • INC-MID $63,173
  • RANK-LOWER #16273/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Arion
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 931
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $117,900

Nearest income peer: Arion, IA ( $2,330 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 Dow City

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

36th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
931
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$63,173
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 $63,173 and poverty 14.5% concentrate in 51528.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Dow City as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Dow City reads through its lone ZIP, 51528

931 ACS residents, one ZIP: 51528 is not the leading code inside Dow City, 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 Dow City's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 18 establishments, 88 employees , annual payroll $2,168k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 51528 (18 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (4) · also Construction · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Dow City, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Crawford County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Dow City. See the Crawford County roll-up →

Dow City sits in the lower half of Crawford County on income: Denison, Manilla and Schleswig report more, Charter Oak, Deloit and Arion report less. Manilla marks the far end of that range at $100,625, 59% above Dow City.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
51528 931 $63,173 18 5
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Dow City 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 Dow City, .