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Prairie City, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Prairie City, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,417. 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 PRAIRIE-CITY-IA · Prairie City, IA 1 ZIPs · 2,417 pop · #6221/25278 · Jasper County

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

  • INC-HIGH $90,833
  • RANK-UPPER #6221/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sully
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,417
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $211,400

Nearest income peer: Sully, IA (+ $228 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 Prairie City

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

Top 25%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,417
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$90,833
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 $90,833 and home value $211,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 30.9%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Prairie City as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Delmar is the closest lower-income city and Harper the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Prairie City.

Population concentration

Prairie City reads through its lone ZIP, 50228

2,417 ACS residents, one ZIP: 50228 is not the leading code inside Prairie City, 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 Prairie City's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 49 establishments, 357 employees , annual payroll $19,517k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50228 (49 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (10) · also Other services (except public administration) · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Prairie City, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Jasper County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Prairie City. See the Jasper County roll-up →

Prairie City sits in the upper half of Jasper County on income: Newton, Baxter and Kellogg report less, while Gilman and Mingo report more. Newton marks the far end of that range at $62,306, 31% below Prairie City.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50228 2,417 $90,833 49 13
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Prairie City 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 Prairie City, .