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Malcom, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Malcom, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 762. 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 MALCOM-IA · Malcom, IA 1 ZIPs · 762 pop · #2613/25278 · Poweshiek County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-TOP $115,000
  • RANK-TOP #2613/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Hartwick
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 762
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $157,500

Nearest income peer: Hartwick, IA ( $15,609 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 Malcom

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

Top 10%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
762
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$115,000
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $115,000 and home value $157,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 29.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Malcom as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Malcom's single ZIP 50157 carries the town

Malcom is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 50157 is the entire residential footprint (762 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 Malcom's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 15 establishments, 45 employees , annual payroll $1,884k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50157 (15 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (3) · also Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Malcom, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Poweshiek County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Malcom. See the Poweshiek County roll-up →

No other city sharing Poweshiek County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Malcom. Grinnell, Montezuma and Brooklyn sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Montezuma marks the far end of that range at $65,000, 43% below Malcom.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50157 762 $115,000 15 5
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Malcom 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 Malcom, .