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Pacific Junction, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Pacific Junction, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,455. 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 PACIFIC-JUNCTION-IA · Pacific Junction, IA 1 ZIPs · 1,455 pop · #2736/25278 · Mills County

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

  • INC-TOP $113,421
  • RANK-TOP #2736/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Mineola
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,455
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $388,800

Nearest income peer: Mineola, IA ( $10,729 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 Pacific Junction

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

Top 11%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,455
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$113,421
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 $113,421 and home value $388,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 37.7%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Van Horne is the closest lower-income city and Mingo the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Pacific Junction.

Population concentration

Pacific Junction reads through its lone ZIP, 51561

1,455 ACS residents, one ZIP: 51561 is not the leading code inside Pacific Junction, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Pacific Junction's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 23 establishments, 283 employees , annual payroll $19,153k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 51561 (23 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (4) · also Accommodation and food services · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Pacific Junction, IA

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

No other city sharing Mills County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Pacific Junction. Glenwood, Malvern and Emerson sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Emerson marks the far end of that range at $68,750, 39% below Pacific Junction.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
51561 1,455 $113,421 23 9
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Pacific Junction 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 Pacific Junction, .