PlainZIP

Ellston, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ellston, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 334. 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 ELLSTON-IA · Ellston, IA 1 ZIPs · 334 pop · #2099/25278 · Ringgold County

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

  • INC-TOP $121,094
  • RANK-TOP #2099/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Mount Ayr
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 98% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 334
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $605,800

Nearest income peer: Mount Ayr, IA ( $39,844 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 Ellston

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

Top 8%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
334
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$121,094
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 $121,094 and home value $605,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 55.1%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (97.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Grimes is the closest lower-income city and Maurice the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ellston.

Population concentration

Ellston's single ZIP 50074 carries the town

Ellston is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 50074 is the entire residential footprint (334 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Ellston's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 4 employees , annual payroll $246k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50074 (7 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Ellston, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Ringgold County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ellston. See the Ringgold County roll-up →

No other city sharing Ringgold County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Ellston. Mount Ayr, Diagonal and Kellerton sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Redding marks the far end of that range at $45,250, 63% below Ellston.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50074 334 $121,094 7 3
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Ellston 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 Ellston, .