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Urbandale, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Urbandale, IA: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 41,731. 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 URBANDALE-IA · Urbandale, IA 2 ZIPs · 41,731 pop · #1390/25278 · Polk County and Dallas County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-WIDE · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $134,015
  • RANK-TOP #1390/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bondurant
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-SMALL 41,731
  • SPREAD-WIDE 50322→50323
  • HOME-MID $381,500

Nearest income peer: Bondurant, IA (+ $891 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 Urbandale

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Urbandale 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, Urbandale, IA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 5%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
41,731
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$134,015
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 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $134,015 and home value $381,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 53.5%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Urbandale as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Clive is the closest lower-income city and Bondurant the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Urbandale.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Urbandale differ

Urbandale's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $92,085 in ZIP 50322 to $175,944 in ZIP 50323, while home values span $276,200 in 50322 to $486,800 in 50323. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.9×

50322 to 50323

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.8×

50322 to 50323

Poverty-rate spread
6.6 points

50323 to 50322

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

ZIP 50322 swallows Urbandale's short list

Across only 2 ZIPs, 50322 still holds about 76% of Urbandale's 41,731 residents. The secondary codes are thin edges; treat the city average as a near-reprint of the lead ZIP.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Urbandale

Citywide ZBP: 1,584 establishments, 26,995 employees , annual payroll $1,538,582k (~38 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50322 (1,265 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (237) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Urbandale, IA

These ZIP codes straddle Polk County and Dallas County, so county-level figures split Urbandale between several administrative records. See the Polk County roll-up →

No other city sharing Polk County and Dallas County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Urbandale. Des Moines, West Des Moines and Ankeny sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Des Moines marks the far end of that range at $67,584, 50% below Urbandale.

Side-by-side: Compare 50322 vs 50323 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50322 31,530 $92,085 1,265 1,131
50323 10,201 $175,944 319 509
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Urbandale 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 Urbandale, .