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Kensett, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Kensett, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 695. 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 KENSETT-IA · Kensett, IA 1 ZIPs · 695 pop · #16826/25278 · Worth County

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

  • INC-MID $62,059
  • RANK-LOWER #16826/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Northwood
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 695
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $123,400

Nearest income peer: Northwood, IA (+ $9,559 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 Kensett

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Kensett 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, Kensett, IA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

33rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
695
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$62,059
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 $62,059 and poverty 13.9% concentrate in 50448.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (89.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Kensett reads through its lone ZIP, 50448

695 ACS residents, one ZIP: 50448 is not the leading code inside Kensett, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Kensett's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 17 establishments, 88 employees , annual payroll $4,145k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50448 (17 units) ; leading NAICS Utilities (4) · also Construction · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Kensett, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Worth County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Kensett. See the Worth County roll-up →

Every one of the 5 cities sharing Worth County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Kensett, Northwood, Manly and Joice among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Joice marks the far end of that range at $107,000, 72% above Kensett.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50448 695 $62,059 17 4
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Kensett 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 Kensett, .