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Hospers, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hospers, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,184. 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 HOSPERS-IA · Hospers, IA 1 ZIPs · 1,184 pop · #11515/25278 · Sioux County

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

  • INC-MID $74,000
  • RANK-MID #11515/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Hull
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,184
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $182,500

Nearest income peer: Hull, IA (+ $3,540 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 Hospers

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hospers on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Hospers, IA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 46%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,184
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$74,000
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 51238 (1,184 residents). Household income $74,000 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.9%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Hospers's single ZIP 51238 carries the town

Hospers is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 51238 is the entire residential footprint (1,184 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Hospers's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 38 establishments, 895 employees , annual payroll $48,724k (~32 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 51238 (38 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (6) · also Other services (except public administration) · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Hospers, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Sioux County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hospers. See the Sioux County roll-up →

Hospers sits in the lower half of Sioux County on income: Sioux Center, Orange City and Rock Valley report more, and only Chatsworth reports less. Maurice marks the far end of that range at $122,841, 66% above Hospers.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
51238 1,184 $74,000 38 10
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Hospers 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 Hospers, .