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Swan, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Swan, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 243. 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 SWAN-IA · Swan, IA 1 ZIPs · 243 pop · #2836/25278 · Marion County

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

  • INC-TOP $112,292
  • RANK-TOP #2836/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Columbia
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 243
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $278,600

Nearest income peer: Columbia, IA (+ $6,590 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 Swan

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

Top 11%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
243
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$112,292
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 $112,292 and home value $278,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 36.7%.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 50252, is all of Swan

There is no split to weigh here: 50252 holds every one of Swan's 243 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Swan's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 41 employees , annual payroll $2,548k (~33 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50252 (8 units) ; leading NAICS Transportation and warehousing (4) .

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ZIP Codes in Swan, IA

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

Swan sits in the upper half of Marion County on income: Pella, Knoxville and Pleasantville report less, while Columbia reports more. Hamilton marks the far end of that range at $47,143, 58% below Swan.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50252 243 $112,292 8 11
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Swan 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 Swan, .