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Patterson, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Patterson, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 139. 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 PATTERSON-IA · Patterson, IA 1 ZIPs · 139 pop · #8351/25278 · Madison County

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

  • INC-HIGH $82,969
  • RANK-UPPER #8351/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Winterset
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 139
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $111,100

Nearest income peer: Winterset, IA ( $336 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 Patterson

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

Top 33%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
139
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$82,969
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 50218 (139 residents). Household income $82,969 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.9%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Ashton is the closest lower-income city and Holy Cross the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Patterson.

Population concentration

Patterson's single ZIP 50218 carries the town

Patterson is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 50218 is the entire residential footprint (139 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

No ZBP establishments filed for Patterson's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Patterson. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Patterson, IA

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

Patterson sits in the lower half of Madison County on income: Earlham, Saint Charles and Truro report more, Macksburg and Bevington report less. Macksburg marks the far end of that range at $33,125, 60% below Patterson.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50218 139 $82,969 n/a 256
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