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Ferguson, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ferguson, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 126. 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 FERGUSON-IA · Ferguson, IA 1 ZIPs · 126 pop · #20924/25278 · Marshall County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $52,500
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20924/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Clemons
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 126
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $75,600

Nearest income peer: Clemons, IA (+ $7,500 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 Ferguson

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ferguson 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, Ferguson, IA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

17th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
126
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$52,500
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($52,500 average) · poverty 11.0%. The primary code (50078) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Ferguson as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Audubon is the closest lower-income city and Mc Gregor the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ferguson.

Population concentration

Ferguson's single ZIP 50078 carries the town

Ferguson is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 50078 is the entire residential footprint (126 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

No ZBP establishments filed for Ferguson's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Ferguson. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Ferguson, IA

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

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Marshall County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Ferguson, Marshalltown, State Center and Melbourne among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Saint Anthony marks the far end of that range at $151,250, 188% above Ferguson.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50078 126 $52,500 n/a 191
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Ferguson 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 Ferguson, .