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Lime Springs, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lime Springs, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,323. 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 LIME-SPRINGS-IA · Lime Springs, IA 1 ZIPs · 1,323 pop · #18782/25278 · Howard County

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

  • INC-MID $57,917
  • RANK-LOWER #18782/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Chester
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 90% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,323
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $116,500

Nearest income peer: Chester, IA (+ $5,208 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 Lime Springs

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

26th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,323
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$57,917
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 $57,917 and poverty 4.8% concentrate in 52155.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (89.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Waterloo is the closest lower-income city and Beacon the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 3 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lime Springs.

Population concentration

Lime Springs's single ZIP 52155 carries the town

Lime Springs is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 52155 is the entire residential footprint (1,323 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Lime Springs's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 31 establishments, 512 employees , annual payroll $33,173k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 52155 (31 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (8) · also Manufacturing · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Lime Springs, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Howard County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lime Springs. See the Howard County roll-up →

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Howard County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Lime Springs, Cresco, Elma and Chester among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Protivin marks the far end of that range at $78,194, 35% above Lime Springs.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
52155 1,323 $57,917 31 5
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Lime Springs 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 Lime Springs, .