Orient, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Orient, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 796. 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 ORIENT-IA · Orient, IA 1 ZIPs · 796 pop · #12738/25278 · Adair County

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

  • INC-MID $71,250
  • RANK-MID #12738/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Fontanelle
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 796
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $150,000

Nearest income peer: Fontanelle, IA (+ $2,950 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 Orient

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Orient 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, Orient, 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
796
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$71,250
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 50858 (796 residents). Household income $71,250 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Orient as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Orient's single ZIP 50858 carries the town

Orient is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 50858 is the entire residential footprint (796 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 Orient's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 12 establishments, 50 employees , annual payroll $1,769k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50858 (12 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Orient, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Adair County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Orient. See the Adair County roll-up →

Orient lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Adair County: Dexter, Adair and Fontanelle earn more and Greenfield and Bridgewater earn less. Dexter marks the far end of that range at $92,083, 29% above Orient.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50858 796 $71,250 12 4

Orient 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 Orient, .