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Earlham, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Earlham, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,671. 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 EARLHAM-IA · Earlham, IA 1 ZIPs · 2,671 pop · #2935/25278 · Madison County

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

  • INC-TOP $111,250
  • RANK-TOP #2935/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Saint Charles
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,671
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $303,900

Nearest income peer: Saint Charles, IA ( $3,687 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 Earlham

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

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,671
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$111,250
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 $111,250 and home value $303,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 39.3%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Saint Lucas is the closest lower-income city and Treynor the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Earlham.

Population concentration

Earlham's single ZIP 50072 carries the town

Earlham is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 50072 is the entire residential footprint (2,671 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Earlham's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 67 establishments, 398 employees , annual payroll $16,813k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50072 (67 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (18) · also Retail trade · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .

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ZIP Codes in Earlham, IA

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

No other city sharing Madison County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Earlham. Winterset, Saint Charles and Truro sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Macksburg marks the far end of that range at $33,125, 70% below Earlham.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50072 2,671 $111,250 67 12
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Earlham 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 Earlham, .