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Scarville, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Scarville, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 268. 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 SCARVILLE-IA · Scarville, IA 1 ZIPs · 268 pop · #21699/25278 · Winnebago County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $50,227
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21699/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Thompson
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 268
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $140,500

Nearest income peer: Thompson, IA ( $1,477 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 Scarville

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Scarville 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, Scarville, IA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

14th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
268
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,227
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($50,227 average) · poverty 8.2%. The primary code (50473) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Scarville as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Lone Rock is the closest lower-income city and Centerville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Scarville.

Population concentration

Scarville's single ZIP 50473 carries the town

Scarville is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 50473 is the entire residential footprint (268 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 Scarville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 27 employees , annual payroll $944k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50473 (6 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Scarville, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Winnebago County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Scarville. See the Winnebago County roll-up →

Scarville sits in the lower half of Winnebago County on income: Forest City, Lake Mills and Buffalo Center report more, Thompson and Rake report less. Leland marks the far end of that range at $77,868, 55% above Scarville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50473 268 $50,227 6 3
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Scarville 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 Scarville, .