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Glenwood, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Glenwood, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,236. 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 GLENWOOD-IA · Glenwood, IA 1 ZIPs · 9,236 pop · #5573/25278 · Mills County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $93,646
  • RANK-UPPER #5573/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Silver City
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,236
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $246,600

Nearest income peer: Silver City, IA (+ $1,604 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 Glenwood

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

Top 22%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,236
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$93,646
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 $93,646 and home value $246,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 32.8%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Glenwood as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 51534, is all of Glenwood

There is no split to weigh here: 51534 holds every one of Glenwood's 9,236 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Glenwood's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 215 establishments, 1,368 employees , annual payroll $61,166k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 51534 (215 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (33) · also Other services (except public administration) · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Glenwood, IA

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

Glenwood lands mid-pack among the 7 cities sharing Mills County: Pacific Junction and Mineola earn more and Malvern, Emerson and Hastings earn less. Emerson marks the far end of that range at $68,750, 27% below Glenwood.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
51534 9,236 $93,646 215 36
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Glenwood 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 Glenwood, .