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Iowa City, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Iowa City, IA: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 77,509. 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 IOWA-CITY-IA · Iowa City, IA 4 ZIPs · 77,509 pop · #15639/25278 · Johnson County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-RENT · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $64,500
  • RANK-LOWER #15639/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oxford
  • BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
  • OWN-RENT 39% owners
  • POP-SMALL 77,509
  • SPREAD-MOD 52240→52245
  • HOME-MID $302,100

Nearest income peer: Oxford, IA ( $56 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 Iowa City

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Iowa City 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, Iowa City, IA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

38th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
77,509
city population (Census)
4
USPS ZIP codes covered
$64,500
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 (4): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $64,500 and poverty 34.0% concentrate in 52240.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (38.7%) for this income tier, rent $1,122 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Iowa, Oxford is the closest lower-income city and Mount Pleasant the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Iowa City.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Iowa City differ

The most material local contrast is hardship rather than the city-wide income average. Poverty is 22.1% in ZIP 52245 and 62.5% in 52242. That spread is why the ZIP detail pages are more useful than a single city figure for comparing household conditions.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.5×

52240 to 52245

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.4×

52240 to 52246

Poverty-rate spread
40.4 points

52245 to 52242

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Iowa City residents split across a short ZIP set

No ZIP owns Iowa City: the largest, 52240, is only about 42% of 77,509 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Iowa City

Citywide ZBP: 1,708 establishments, 39,664 employees , annual payroll $2,112,457k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 52240 (1,021 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (283) · also Accommodation and food services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Iowa City, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Johnson County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Iowa City. See the Johnson County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Johnson County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Iowa City, Coralville, North Liberty and Solon among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Swisher marks the far end of that range at $119,605, 85% above Iowa City.

Side-by-side: Compare 52240 vs 52245 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
52240 32,230 $52,960 1,021 78
52245 22,573 $78,020 331 1,054
52246 21,114 $62,521 333 898
52242 1,592 n/a 23 855
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Iowa City 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 Iowa City, .