Sharpsburg, IA · standard
ZIP Code 50862
Taylor County, Iowa - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 148
- 3/sq mi
- $61,953
- Median income
- $108,800
- Median home value
- 7.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Sharpsburg pairs a below-median household income with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- 33rd pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- 12th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 3
- people per sq mi
- 97%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 50862 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 50862 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Sharpsburg, Taylor County, Iowa, home to just 148 residents across 56.9 square miles, a density of 3 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 50862 reports a modest median household income of $61,953 (19% below the average Iowa ZIP), while per-capita income is $39,180. The poverty rate is 3.3%, with unemployment at 4.9%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $108,800 (38% below the average Iowa ZIP); owner occupancy is 96.5%.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 7.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 56.2, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 3 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 6 more in Taylor County, so 50862 can be compared with both its immediate and county-level context.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 50862, Sharpsburg, IA · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
148
Population
56.9
Area (sq mi)
3
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 50862?
56.2
Median Age
57.7%
Male
42.3%
Female
1.6%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$61,953
Median Household Income
-19% vs state ZIP avg
$39,180
Per Capita Income
3.3%
Poverty Rate
4.9%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
68housing units
68
Total Housing Units
57
Occupied Units
11
Vacant Units
2.16
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$108,800
Median Home Value
-38% vs state ZIP avg
1944
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 50862 vs 50848 →
ZIP 50862 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 50833
Bedford (50833)
2,305 residents
- 50851
Lenox (50851)
2,087 residents
- 50848 378
Gravity (50848)
378 residents
- 50862 148
Sharpsburg (50862)
148 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 50862 ranks #4 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 50862 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 50851
Lenox (50851)
$70,926 median income
- 50848
Gravity (50848)
$68,250 median income
- 50862
Sharpsburg (50862)
$61,953 median income
- 50833
Bedford (50833)
$61,042 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 50862 ranks #3 of 4 neighboring ZIPs, local affluence varies block to block, not just metro to metro.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 50862, both outside IA so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.