Bachelor's degree or higher: zip codes ranked in Iowa

Share of adults 25 and older with at least a four-year college degree. These lists rank zip codes in Iowa with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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Most college-educated zip codes

#	Zip	City	College grads	Population
1	50012	Ames	100%	1,913
2	50013	Ames	93%	4,211
3	50014	Ames	68.1%	32,958
4	52246	Iowa City	67.3%	22,308
5	52245	Iowa City	67.2%	22,853
6	50323	Urbandale	63%	17,265
7	50010	Ames	62.7%	33,799
8	50309	Des Moines	61.5%	10,110
9	50312	Des Moines	61.2%	15,802
10	50325	Clive	61%	19,012
11	52340	Tiffin	60.7%	6,128
12	50263	Waukee	58.3%	29,611
13	50266	West Des Moines	58.2%	37,523
14	52328	Robins	58%	2,712
15	50131	Johnston	57.7%	24,583
16	52411	Cedar Rapids	57%	8,342
17	52241	Coralville	56%	23,250
18	50124	Huxley	55.6%	4,859
19	52317	North Liberty	55.2%	23,097
20	52748	Eldridge	54.6%	9,594
21	50023	Ankeny	53.4%	46,306
22	50035	Bondurant	52.5%	10,131
23	50111	Grimes	51.9%	16,865
24	50265	West Des Moines	51.5%	33,488
25	52722	Bettendorf	51.1%	41,264
26	50613	Cedar Falls	49.7%	43,867
27	50021	Ankeny	49.1%	30,283
28	50109	Granger	48.2%	3,309
29	52556	Fairfield	48%	11,448
30	52240	Iowa City	47.6%	35,074
31	52333	Solon	47.3%	7,295
32	52338	Swisher	46.5%	3,934
33	50622	Denver	46.4%	3,549
34	52003	Dubuque	46.2%	13,796
35	50226	Polk City	46.2%	7,759
36	50248	Story City	46.1%	4,216
37	50324	Windsor Heights	45.9%	5,143
38	50105	Gilbert	45%	1,487
39	51355	Okoboji	44.7%	1,048
40	50140	Lamoni	44.6%	2,842
41	50322	Urbandale	44.1%	31,931
42	52807	Davenport	44%	15,617
43	50219	Pella	44%	14,416
44	50311	Des Moines	43.5%	14,574
45	50003	Adel	43.3%	9,948
46	51041	Orange City	42.9%	7,324
47	50061	Cumming	42.9%	2,123
48	52753	Le Claire	42.5%	6,020
49	50261	Van Meter	42.5%	3,399
50	50321	Des Moines	42.4%	7,900
51	52068	Peosta	42.4%	5,280
52	50624	Dike	42.4%	1,855
53	52402	Cedar Rapids	42.2%	42,938
54	50244	Slater	42.1%	1,729
55	50677	Waverly	41.7%	12,673
56	50643	Hudson	41.5%	3,027
57	51575	Treynor	41.4%	1,609
58	51250	Sioux Center	41.3%	9,970
59	52228	Fairfax	41%	3,802
60	52403	Cedar Rapids	40.9%	22,551
61	52314	Mount Vernon	40.5%	6,200
62	52002	Dubuque	40.4%	17,005
63	50247	State Center	39.4%	2,004
64	52227	Ely	39.3%	2,996
65	50072	Earlham	39.3%	2,979
66	52302	Marion	38.2%	42,706
67	50237	Runnells	37.9%	3,635
68	52101	Decorah	37.8%	12,706
69	51561	Pacific Junction	37.7%	1,039
70	52203	Amana	37.6%	2,231
71	52756	Long Grove	37.5%	1,982
72	50211	Norwalk	37%	16,835
73	50310	Des Moines	36.8%	31,177
74	51054	Sergeant Bluff	36.8%	5,583
75	50073	Elkhart	36.7%	1,208
76	52361	Williamsburg	36%	4,582
77	50125	Indianola	35.9%	20,121
78	52726	Blue Grass	35.6%	5,160
79	52768	Princeton	35.3%	1,352
80	50327	Pleasant Hill	35.2%	13,177
81	52247	Kalona	35.1%	5,914
82	50112	Grinnell	35%	11,862
83	50009	Altoona	34.4%	22,886
84	51030	Lawton	34.2%	1,468
85	52351	Walford	34.2%	1,329
86	52358	West Branch	34.1%	3,598
87	50676	Tripoli	34%	2,017
88	52341	Toddville	33.8%	1,378
89	52742	De Witt	33.6%	7,284
90	52778	Wilton	33.6%	3,632
91	52346	Van Horne	33.6%	1,113
92	52206	Atkins	33.5%	2,564
93	52322	Oxford	33.5%	2,266
94	52803	Davenport	33.4%	22,742
95	51534	Glenwood	32.8%	8,874
96	51360	Spirit Lake	32.8%	8,653
97	51039	Moville	32.8%	2,845
98	50563	Manson	32.8%	2,505
99	52401	Cedar Rapids	32.6%	2,181
100	50046	Cambridge	32.6%	1,554

Least college-educated zip codes

#	Zip	City	College grads	Population
1	52242	Iowa City	0%	4,688
2	51109	Sioux City	3.4%	3,606
3	52570	Milton	4.3%	1,130
4	52201	Ainsworth	5.2%	1,148
5	52554	Eldon	7.3%	1,078
6	51235	Doon	7.6%	1,007
7	51105	Sioux City	7.8%	10,415
8	52802	Davenport	8.6%	9,466
9	51510	Carter Lake	9.5%	3,767
10	52561	Fremont	9.7%	1,112
11	52032	Bernard	9.7%	1,305
12	52171	Waucoma	10.1%	1,314
13	52052	Guttenberg	10.2%	2,999
14	52639	Montrose	10.6%	1,745
15	52155	Lime Springs	10.8%	1,110
16	51101	Sioux City	10.9%	1,031
17	52165	Ridgeway	11.3%	1,098
18	52640	Morning Sun	11.3%	1,274
19	51006	Battle Creek	11.8%	1,287
20	52159	Monona	11.8%	2,398
21	52041	Earlville	12.1%	1,468
22	52746	Donahue	12.3%	1,240
23	51430	Arcadia	12.4%	1,063
24	50707	Evansdale	12.9%	7,784
25	50628	Elma	13.3%	1,423
26	52042	Edgewood	13.4%	1,804
27	51454	Manilla	13.6%	1,254
28	50703	Waterloo	13.6%	17,952
29	51570	Shelby	13.8%	1,118
30	51342	Graettinger	14.2%	1,385
31	52216	Clarence	14.4%	1,551
32	52339	Tama	14.4%	4,326
33	50238	Russell	14.5%	1,195
34	50316	Des Moines	14.5%	16,710
35	50602	Allison	14.8%	1,254
36	52035	Colesburg	14.8%	1,331
37	52301	Marengo	14.8%	4,028
38	51529	Dunlap	14.9%	1,732
39	50641	Hazleton	15%	1,950
40	51050	Remsen	15%	2,962
41	51247	Rock Valley	15.1%	5,094
42	50632	Garwin	15.2%	1,201
43	51334	Estherville	15.2%	6,960
44	50830	Afton	15.3%	1,846
45	50475	Sheffield	15.4%	1,446
46	52162	Postville	15.4%	3,744
47	50680	Wellsburg	15.5%	1,027
48	50276	Woodward	15.5%	2,679
49	50645	Ionia	15.6%	1,193
50	50213	Osceola	15.6%	7,489
51	50317	Des Moines	15.6%	36,548
52	50541	Gilmore City	15.7%	1,067
53	50658	Nashua	15.7%	2,450
54	50020	Anita	15.8%	1,197
55	52306	Mechanicsville	15.8%	1,642
56	50174	Murray	15.9%	1,259
57	51501	Council Bluffs	16%	34,618
58	50144	Leon	16.1%	2,692
59	50076	Exira	16.3%	1,301
60	50536	Emmetsburg	16.3%	4,207
61	52049	Garnavillo	16.4%	1,370
62	52537	Bloomfield	16.4%	7,069
63	52749	Fruitland	16.5%	1,049
64	50135	Kellogg	16.5%	1,754
65	51240	Inwood	16.5%	1,914
66	52653	Wapello	16.6%	3,083
67	51347	Lake Park	16.7%	1,470
68	52211	Brooklyn	16.7%	2,795
69	51577	Walnut	16.8%	1,561
70	50456	Manly	17%	1,699
71	50169	Mitchellville	17.1%	3,667
72	50049	Chariton	17.1%	6,414
73	50846	Fontanelle	17.3%	1,276
74	52777	Wheatland	17.3%	1,389
75	50833	Bedford	17.3%	2,077
76	51442	Denison	17.3%	9,692
77	50249	Stratford	17.4%	1,312
78	52315	Newhall	17.4%	1,339
79	50568	Newell	17.4%	1,384
80	52237	Hopkinton	17.4%	1,830
81	50060	Corydon	17.4%	2,417
82	50662	Oelwein	17.4%	6,576
83	50171	Montezuma	17.5%	2,524
84	50616	Charles City	17.5%	9,358
85	52626	Farmington	17.6%	1,103
86	51038	Merrill	17.6%	1,449
87	52332	Shellsburg	17.6%	1,612
88	51449	Lake City	17.6%	1,950
89	50166	Milo	17.6%	2,023
90	50314	Des Moines	17.6%	10,438
91	50441	Hampton	17.7%	5,450
92	51462	Scranton	17.9%	1,049
93	51638	Essex	17.9%	1,258
94	50208	Newton	17.9%	20,595
95	52208	Belle Plaine	18%	2,877
96	51103	Sioux City	18%	16,895
97	50313	Des Moines	18%	17,440
98	50250	Stuart	18.1%	2,832
99	51632	Clarinda	18.1%	6,624
100	50510	Albert City	18.2%	1,042

Bachelor's degree or higher: zip codes ranked in Iowa

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