Linden, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Linden, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 438. 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 LINDEN-IA · Linden, IA 1 ZIPs · 438 pop · #3159/25278 · Dallas County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $109,261
  • RANK-TOP #3159/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dallas Center
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 62% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 438
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $425,500

Nearest income peer: Dallas Center, IA (+ $461 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 Linden

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

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
438
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$109,261
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $109,261 and home value $425,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 26.3%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (62.4%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Iowa, Mount Vernon is the closest lower-income city and Dallas Center the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Linden.

Population concentration

Linden reads through its lone ZIP, 50146

438 ACS residents, one ZIP: 50146 is not the leading code inside Linden, 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 Linden

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 3 employees , annual payroll $68k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50146 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Linden, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Dallas County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Linden. See the Dallas County roll-up →

Linden sits in the upper half of Dallas County on income: Waukee, Perry and Adel report less, while Urbandale, Granger and Van Meter report more. Urbandale marks the far end of that range at $175,944, 61% above Linden.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50146 438 $109,261 3 6

Linden 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 Linden, .