Gravity, IA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gravity, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 378. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet GRAVITY-IA · Gravity, IA 1 ZIPs · 378 pop · #13966/25278 · Taylor County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $68,250
- RANK-MID #13966/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Lenox
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 79% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 378
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $158,800
Nearest income peer: Lenox, IA (+ $2,676 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 Gravity
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gravity on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Bedford · lowest
Bedford · lowest
$61,042 median HH income
- Sharpsburg · near
Sharpsburg · near
$61,953 median HH income
- Clearfield · near
Clearfield · near
$63,125 median HH income
- Gravity · this city
Gravity · this city
$68,250 median HH income
- Lenox · near
Lenox · near
$70,926 median HH income
- New Market · near
New Market · near
$73,625 median HH income
- Blockton · highest
Blockton · highest
$81,500 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Gravity, IA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 45th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 378
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $68,250
- 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.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $68,250 and poverty 15.2% concentrate in 50848.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Gravity as a pure owner town.
Within Iowa, Kirkman is the closest lower-income city and Royal the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gravity.
ZIP Codes in Gravity, IA
These ZIP codes sit in Taylor County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Gravity. See the Taylor County roll-up →
Gravity lands mid-pack among the 6 cities sharing Taylor County: Lenox, New Market and Blockton earn more and Bedford, Clearfield and Sharpsburg earn less. Blockton marks the far end of that range at $81,500, 19% above Gravity.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50848 | 378 | 3 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Gravity, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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