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Hardy, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hardy, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 205. 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 HARDY-IA · Hardy, IA 1 ZIPs · 205 pop · #24743/25278 · Humboldt County

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

  • INC-LOW $31,429
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24743/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Gilmore City
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 85% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 205
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Gilmore City, IA (+ $24,935 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 Hardy

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hardy 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, Hardy, 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.

2nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
205
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$31,429
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 ($31,429 average) · poverty 22.3%. The primary code (50545) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Hardy as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Hardy reads through its lone ZIP, 50545

205 ACS residents, one ZIP: 50545 is not the leading code inside Hardy, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Hardy

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 10 employees , annual payroll $773k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50545 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Hardy, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Humboldt County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hardy. See the Humboldt County roll-up →

Every one of the 10 cities sharing Humboldt County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Hardy, Humboldt, Gilmore City and Dakota City among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Rutland marks the far end of that range at $87,125, 177% above Hardy.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50545 205 $31,429 3 2
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Hardy 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 Hardy, .