100 Zip Codes With the Lowest Salaries in Iowa


This is data from the Internal Revenue Service for 2013. The data is per return, not per household or per capita. We recently expanded the table beyond the top 100, to the top 250 for Iowa .

Zip CodeCity / TownStateReturnsTotal ($1000)Avg/return
51101Sioux CityIowa250$5,952$23,808
50570OttosenIowa90$2,334$25,933
51105Sioux CityIowa3,850$100,623$26,136
50556LedyardIowa90$2,416$26,844
50314Des MoinesIowa4,450$119,605$26,878
50065Davis CityIowa140$3,818$27,271
52802DavenportIowa4,190$116,340$27,766
50860ReddingIowa70$1,945$27,786
52542CantrilIowa130$3,840$29,538
50843CumberlandIowa200$5,961$29,805
51343GreenvilleIowa110$3,280$29,818
50316Des MoinesIowa6,020$180,546$29,991
52555ExlineIowa120$3,646$30,383
50470RowanIowa90$2,737$30,411
50451LakotaIowa210$6,387$30,414
50586SomersIowa130$3,964$30,492
50703WaterlooIowa7,410$226,682$30,591
52232HartwickIowa90$2,755$30,611
50582RutlandIowa100$3,065$30,650
50271WilliamsIowa230$7,089$30,822
50133KellertonIowa180$5,555$30,861
51441DeloitIowa140$4,347$31,050
51364TerrilIowa270$8,385$31,056
50515AyrshireIowa100$3,108$31,080
50484WodenIowa150$4,674$31,160
51523BlencoeIowa140$4,363$31,164
52212Center JunctionIowa130$4,108$31,600
51528Dow CityIowa350$11,097$31,706
51103Sioux CityIowa6,700$212,479$31,713
50565MarathonIowa170$5,404$31,788
52147HawkeyeIowa390$12,400$31,795
50050ChurdanIowa240$7,638$31,825
50590Swea CityIowa340$10,825$31,838
51545Little SiouxIowa140$4,473$31,950
50628ElmaIowa420$13,436$31,990
52077VolgaIowa140$4,479$31,993
52574MysticIowa300$9,607$32,023
50581RolfeIowa340$10,930$32,147
50591ThorIowa120$3,866$32,217
51060UteIowa210$6,793$32,348
52584PulaskiIowa140$4,542$32,443
50528CylinderIowa140$4,554$32,529
50519BodeIowa260$8,460$32,538
51558MoorheadIowa170$5,532$32,541
50603Alta VistaIowa190$6,183$32,542
50076ExiraIowa520$16,947$32,590
50264WeldonIowa160$5,227$32,669
50042BraytonIowa110$3,594$32,673
51543KimballtonIowa170$5,560$32,706
51439Charter OakIowa320$10,484$32,763
50262Van WertIowa170$5,575$32,794
50836BlocktonIowa130$4,271$32,854
50132KamrarIowa160$5,258$32,863
52162PostvilleIowa1,300$42,764$32,895
51358RuthvenIowa530$17,450$32,925
51029LarrabeeIowa130$4,282$32,938
50861Shannon CityIowa90$2,965$32,944
50848GravityIowa120$3,954$32,950
52590SeymourIowa310$10,238$33,026
52254Lost NationIowa360$11,908$33,078
52217ClutierIowa210$6,981$33,243
52339TamaIowa1,710$56,877$33,261
50560Lu VerneIowa200$6,665$33,325
51019DanburyIowa290$9,694$33,428
51631BraddyvilleIowa120$4,016$33,467
50457MeserveyIowa150$5,026$33,507
50430CorwithIowa200$6,712$33,560
50071DowsIowa340$11,411$33,562
50027Barnes CityIowa100$3,359$33,590
51453LohrvilleIowa250$8,423$33,692
52569MelroseIowa180$6,075$33,750
50539FentonIowa190$6,413$33,753
50840ClearfieldIowa180$6,078$33,767
52554EldonIowa470$15,892$33,813
50606ArlingtonIowa310$10,485$33,823
51048PiersonIowa210$7,126$33,933
50449KlemmeIowa280$9,507$33,954
50466RicevilleIowa560$19,051$34,020
50650LamontIowa290$9,866$34,021
50067DecaturIowa100$3,404$34,040
52739ConesvilleIowa310$10,583$34,139
51243Little RockIowa290$9,903$34,148
50477SwaledaleIowa120$4,101$34,175
51501Council BluffsIowa13,810$472,040$34,181
52635LockridgeIowa270$9,232$34,193
52309MonmouthIowa180$6,171$34,283
52801DavenportIowa450$15,440$34,311
52581PlanoIowa110$3,777$34,336
51649RandolphIowa140$4,818$34,414
52737Columbus CityIowa160$5,510$34,438
51333DickensIowa220$7,579$34,450
51365WallingfordIowa130$4,480$34,462
52570MiltonIowa210$7,237$34,462
52335South EnglishIowa240$8,271$34,463
51465VailIowa270$9,313$34,493
51433AuburnIowa240$8,292$34,550
50242SearsboroIowa160$5,531$34,569
52133CastaliaIowa200$6,918$34,590
51650RivertonIowa140$4,845$34,607
51231ArcherIowa100$3,462$34,620
52626FarmingtonIowa420$14,547$34,636
51345HarrisIowa150$5,198$34,653
50108Grand RiverIowa130$4,505$34,654
52586Rose HillIowa190$6,587$34,668
51061WashtaIowa160$5,550$34,688
50471RuddIowa290$10,071$34,728
51033Linn GroveIowa180$6,252$34,733
51034MapletonIowa660$22,928$34,739
50662OelweinIowa2,530$87,924$34,753
51010CastanaIowa180$6,260$34,778
50478ThompsonIowa330$11,477$34,779
50452LatimerIowa280$9,743$34,796
52323Oxford JunctionIowa260$9,049$34,804
50005AlbionIowa270$9,398$34,807
50140LamoniIowa750$26,109$34,812
52630HillsboroIowa150$5,228$34,853
50575PomeroyIowa300$10,457$34,857
50480TitonkaIowa360$12,565$34,903
51049QuimbyIowa190$6,634$34,916
52549CincinnatiIowa210$7,335$34,929
52550DeltaIowa180$6,289$34,939
52544CentervilleIowa2,690$94,115$34,987
50476StacyvilleIowa280$9,798$34,993
50103Garden GroveIowa150$5,250$35,000
50578RingstedIowa220$7,702$35,009
51037MeridenIowa140$4,908$35,057
52572MoultonIowa340$11,926$35,076
50837BridgewaterIowa120$4,210$35,083
52540BrightonIowa550$19,317$35,122
51357RoyalIowa270$9,485$35,130
52644Mount UnionIowa160$5,623$35,144
50456ManlyIowa670$23,570$35,179
50433DoughertyIowa110$3,874$35,218
52583Promise CityIowa110$3,880$35,273
51440DedhamIowa140$4,942$35,300
50554LaurensIowa640$22,593$35,302
50144LeonIowa940$33,201$35,320
50522BurtIowa330$11,658$35,327
51036MauriceIowa270$9,546$35,356
50123HumestonIowa260$9,194$35,362
51448KironIowa190$6,724$35,389
52065New ViennaIowa370$13,108$35,427
51014CleghornIowa200$7,087$35,435
50448KensettIowa260$9,222$35,469
50268What CheerIowa300$10,644$35,480
50447KanawhaIowa400$14,212$35,530
51044OtoIowa80$2,843$35,538
50538FarnhamvilleIowa220$7,822$35,555
51645ImogeneIowa90$3,201$35,567
52632KeokukIowa4,670$166,561$35,666
51430ArcadiaIowa310$11,079$35,739
50066DawsonIowa120$4,289$35,742
50851LenoxIowa730$26,096$35,748
51058SutherlandIowa360$12,881$35,781
52576OllieIowa200$7,158$35,790
50588Storm LakeIowa5,440$194,940$35,835
51350MelvinIowa170$6,092$35,835
52646OakvilleIowa140$5,018$35,843
50611BristowIowa130$4,660$35,846
50607AuroraIowa190$6,819$35,889
50559Lone RockIowa150$5,386$35,907
51431ArthurIowa150$5,386$35,907
51342GraettingerIowa460$16,520$35,913
50315Des MoinesIowa15,230$547,087$35,922
50625DumontIowa350$12,575$35,929
50008AllertonIowa270$9,705$35,944
50654MasonvilleIowa200$7,193$35,965
50540FondaIowa390$14,027$35,967
51006Battle CreekIowa370$13,308$35,968
51018CushingIowa150$5,400$36,000
51541HendersonIowa130$4,680$36,000
52207BaldwinIowa120$4,322$36,017
50235RippeyIowa160$5,764$36,025
51354OcheyedanIowa390$14,054$36,036
52585RichlandIowa370$13,350$36,081
50562MallardIowa170$6,140$36,118
50048CaseyIowa320$11,578$36,181
50254ThayerIowa110$3,985$36,227
50571PalmerIowa140$5,074$36,243
51462ScrantonIowa400$14,501$36,253
50026BagleyIowa200$7,257$36,285
50317Des MoinesIowa14,980$543,734$36,297
50420AlexanderIowa120$4,359$36,325
52171WaucomaIowa370$13,454$36,362
51046PaullinaIowa610$22,189$36,375
52050GreeleyIowa220$8,005$36,386
50853MassenaIowa220$8,016$36,436
52359West ChesterIowa110$4,010$36,455
50833BedfordIowa780$28,443$36,465
50459NorthwoodIowa1,230$44,859$36,471
50517BancroftIowa350$12,765$36,471
50702WaterlooIowa8,410$306,932$36,496
50864VilliscaIowa720$26,282$36,503
50859PrescottIowa200$7,301$36,505
52222Deep RiverIowa250$9,136$36,544
52229GarrisonIowa260$9,502$36,546
52651StockportIowa220$8,057$36,623
52154LawlerIowa390$14,292$36,646
51053SchallerIowa460$16,862$36,657
51449Lake CityIowa750$27,498$36,664
50641HazletonIowa470$17,237$36,674
52048GarberIowa120$4,403$36,692
50577RenwickIowa150$5,505$36,700
52649SalemIowa390$14,324$36,728
50277YaleIowa190$6,979$36,732
52142FayetteIowa490$18,001$36,737
50423BrittIowa1,080$39,678$36,739
50541Gilmore CityIowa310$11,417$36,829
51109Sioux CityIowa1,330$48,984$36,830
51552MarneIowa100$3,683$36,830
52237HopkintonIowa610$22,507$36,897
50510Albert CityIowa410$15,128$36,898
50157MalcomIowa290$10,704$36,910
51463TempletonIowa240$8,868$36,950
50051ClemonsIowa110$4,067$36,973
52146Harpers FerryIowa320$11,836$36,988
52169WadenaIowa160$5,919$36,994
50020AnitaIowa520$19,261$37,040
50453LelandIowa230$8,530$37,087
50598WhittemoreIowa420$15,584$37,105
50107Grand JunctionIowa410$15,215$37,110
50424Buffalo CenterIowa540$20,044$37,119
51047PetersonIowa220$8,168$37,127
50029BayardIowa240$8,911$37,129
50707EvansdaleIowa3,310$122,921$37,136
52151LansingIowa740$27,488$37,146
50841CorningIowa1,020$37,901$37,158
51063WhitingIowa410$15,238$37,166
51532ElliottIowa230$8,552$37,183
50313Des MoinesIowa6,860$255,185$37,199
51450Lake ViewIowa620$23,072$37,213
52216ClarenceIowa550$20,475$37,227
52535BirminghamIowa330$12,288$37,236
50627EldoraIowa1,190$44,320$37,244
51334EsthervilleIowa2,890$107,648$37,248
51577WalnutIowa410$15,285$37,280
50148LiscombIowa160$5,969$37,306
50025AudubonIowa1,130$42,163$37,312
52047FarmersburgIowa210$7,839$37,329
52035ColesburgIowa380$14,186$37,332
52064MilesIowa340$12,705$37,368
52060MaquoketaIowa3,340$124,820$37,371
50655MaynardIowa310$11,597$37,410
52342ToledoIowa1,240$46,390$37,411
51023HawardenIowa1,140$42,676$37,435
52620BonaparteIowa280$10,484$37,443
50561LyttonIowa200$7,495$37,475
50633GenevaIowa120$4,499$37,492
50681WestgateIowa170$6,380$37,529
50533Eagle GroveIowa1,400$52,555$37,539

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