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Selma, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Selma, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 134. 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 SELMA-IA · Selma, IA 1 ZIPs · 134 pop · #25254/25278 · Van Buren County

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

  • INC-LOW $13,657
  • RANK-BOTTOM #25254/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Mount Sterling
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 134
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Mount Sterling, IA (+ $21,522 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 Selma

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Selma 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, Selma, 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.

0th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
134
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$13,657
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 ($13,657 average) · poverty 87.9%. The primary code (52588) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Aredale is the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Its 1 ZIP footprint is the immediate statewide comparison for Selma.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 52588, is all of Selma

There is no split to weigh here: 52588 holds every one of Selma's 134 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

No ZBP establishments filed for Selma's ZIPs

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

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ZIP Codes in Selma, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Van Buren County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Selma. See the Van Buren County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Van Buren County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Selma, Keosauqua, Milton and Bonaparte among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Bonaparte marks the far end of that range at $79,327, 481% above Selma.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
52588 134 $13,657 n/a 5
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