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Grimes, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Grimes, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,407. 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 GRIMES-IA · Grimes, IA 1 ZIPs · 9,407 pop · #2127/25278 · Polk County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $120,769
  • RANK-TOP #2127/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Clive
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,407
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $308,800

Nearest income peer: Clive, IA (+ $11,352 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 Grimes

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

Top 8%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,407
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$120,769
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 $120,769 and home value $308,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 51.9%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Grimes as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 50111, is all of Grimes

There is no split to weigh here: 50111 holds every one of Grimes's 9,407 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Grimes's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 484 establishments, 9,001 employees , annual payroll $556,319k (~51 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50111 (484 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (82) · also Retail trade · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Grimes, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Polk County, which covers 31 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Grimes. See the Polk County roll-up →

Grimes sits in the upper half of Polk County on income: Des Moines, West Des Moines and Ankeny report less, while Clive, Bondurant and Polk City report more. Des Moines marks the far end of that range at $67,584, 44% below Grimes.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50111 9,407 $120,769 484 132
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Grimes 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 Grimes, .