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Silver City, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Silver City, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 649. 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 SILVER-CITY-IA · Silver City, IA 1 ZIPs · 649 pop · #5290/25278 · Mills County

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

  • INC-HIGH $95,250
  • RANK-UPPER #5290/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Glenwood
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 649
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $221,400

Nearest income peer: Glenwood, IA ( $1,604 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 Silver City

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

Top 21%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
649
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$95,250
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 $95,250 and home value $221,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 30.4%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Silver City as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 51571, is all of Silver City

There is no split to weigh here: 51571 holds every one of Silver City's 649 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Silver City

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 15 employees , annual payroll $648k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 51571 (8 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Silver City, IA

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

Silver City sits in the upper half of Mills County on income: Malvern, Emerson and Hastings report less, while Pacific Junction and Mineola report more. Emerson marks the far end of that range at $68,750, 28% below Silver City.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
51571 649 $95,250 8 5
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Silver 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 Silver City, .