Peterson, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Peterson, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 646. 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 PETERSON-IA · Peterson, IA 1 ZIPs · 646 pop · #4292/25278 · Clay County

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

  • INC-HIGH $101,000
  • RANK-TOP #4292/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Dickens
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 646
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $130,300

Nearest income peer: Dickens, IA (+ $9,833 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 Peterson

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

Top 17%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
646
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$101,000
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 $101,000 and home value $130,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 30.5%.

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, Elkhart is the closest lower-income city and Zwingle the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Peterson.

Population concentration

Peterson reads through its lone ZIP, 51047

646 ACS residents, one ZIP: 51047 is not the leading code inside Peterson, 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 Peterson's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 12 establishments, 47 employees , annual payroll $2,016k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 51047 (12 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (4) .

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ZIP Codes in Peterson, IA

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

Peterson sits in the upper half of Clay County on income: Spencer, Everly and Royal report less, while Dickens reports more. Everly marks the far end of that range at $57,500, 43% below Peterson.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
51047 646 $101,000 12 3

Peterson 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 Peterson, .