Northwood, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Northwood, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,018. 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 NORTHWOOD-IA · Northwood, IA 1 ZIPs · 3,018 pop · #12547/25278 · Worth County

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

  • INC-MID $71,618
  • RANK-MID #12547/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Grafton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,018
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $149,600

Nearest income peer: Grafton, IA (+ $4,811 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 Northwood

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

Top 50%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,018
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$71,618
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 50459 (3,018 residents). Household income $71,618 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Wall Lake is the closest lower-income city and Ringsted the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Northwood.

Population concentration

Northwood's single ZIP 50459 carries the town

Northwood is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 50459 is the entire residential footprint (3,018 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Northwood's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 79 establishments, 1,219 employees , annual payroll $54,585k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50459 (79 units) ; leading NAICS Manufacturing (10) · also Construction · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Northwood, IA

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

Northwood sits in the lower half of Worth County on income: Manly, Joice and Grafton report more, and only Kensett reports less. Joice marks the far end of that range at $107,000, 49% above Northwood.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50459 3,018 $71,618 79 8

Northwood 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 Northwood, .