Watkins, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Watkins, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 379. 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 WATKINS-IA · Watkins, IA 1 ZIPs · 379 pop · #2775/25278 · Benton County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-TOP $112,969
  • RANK-TOP #2775/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Van Horne
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 95% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 379
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $165,800

Nearest income peer: Van Horne, IA (+ $373 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 Watkins

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Watkins 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, Watkins, 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
379
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$112,969
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 $112,969 and home value $165,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 19.0%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (95.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Princeton is the closest lower-income city and Van Horne the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Watkins.

Population concentration

Watkins reads through its lone ZIP, 52354

379 ACS residents, one ZIP: 52354 is not the leading code inside Watkins, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Watkins

Citywide ZBP: 5 establishments, 18 employees , annual payroll $1,003k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 52354 (5 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Watkins, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Benton County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Watkins. See the Benton County roll-up →

Watkins sits in the upper half of Benton County on income: Vinton, Belle Plaine and Walker report less, while Atkins and Walford report more. Vinton marks the far end of that range at $71,314, 37% below Watkins.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
52354 379 $112,969 5 5

Watkins 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 Watkins, .