Income inequality (Gini): zip codes ranked in Iowa
Income inequality on a 0-to-1 scale. 0 means every household earns the same; higher means income is concentrated among fewer households. The U.S. scores about 0.48. Lower is more equal. 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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Zip codes with the most income inequality
| # | Zip | City | Inequality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 52553 | Eddyville | 0.579 |
| 2 | 52246 | Iowa City | 0.562 |
| 3 | 50841 | Corning | 0.550 |
| 4 | 51101 | Sioux City | 0.544 |
| 5 | 52620 | Bonaparte | 0.536 |
| 6 | 52240 | Iowa City | 0.529 |
| 7 | 52801 | Davenport | 0.527 |
| 8 | 50421 | Belmond | 0.525 |
| 9 | 50441 | Hampton | 0.518 |
| 10 | 51055 | Sloan | 0.517 |
| 11 | 51652 | Sidney | 0.517 |
| 12 | 51449 | Lake City | 0.514 |
| 13 | 52565 | Keosauqua | 0.514 |
| 14 | 51443 | Glidden | 0.512 |
| 15 | 52556 | Fairfield | 0.511 |
| 16 | 50428 | Clear Lake | 0.510 |
| 17 | 51566 | Red Oak | 0.505 |
| 18 | 50201 | Nevada | 0.504 |
| 19 | 50314 | Des Moines | 0.503 |
| 20 | 50014 | Ames | 0.503 |
| 21 | 50321 | Des Moines | 0.500 |
| 22 | 52403 | Cedar Rapids | 0.497 |
| 23 | 51461 | Schleswig | 0.494 |
| 24 | 50468 | Rockford | 0.494 |
| 25 | 51355 | Okoboji | 0.494 |
| 26 | 51240 | Inwood | 0.493 |
| 27 | 50312 | Des Moines | 0.492 |
| 28 | 52340 | Tiffin | 0.489 |
| 29 | 52401 | Cedar Rapids | 0.489 |
| 30 | 52241 | Coralville | 0.487 |
| 31 | 50677 | Waverly | 0.486 |
| 32 | 52807 | Davenport | 0.484 |
| 33 | 50025 | Audubon | 0.483 |
| 34 | 52591 | Sigourney | 0.482 |
| 35 | 52101 | Decorah | 0.482 |
| 36 | 52142 | Fayette | 0.481 |
| 37 | 50022 | Atlantic | 0.479 |
| 38 | 50112 | Grinnell | 0.478 |
| 39 | 51108 | Sioux City | 0.478 |
| 40 | 50701 | Waterloo | 0.478 |
| 41 | 50174 | Murray | 0.477 |
| 42 | 50265 | West Des Moines | 0.476 |
| 43 | 50662 | Oelwein | 0.476 |
| 44 | 52571 | Moravia | 0.476 |
| 45 | 50436 | Forest City | 0.476 |
| 46 | 52228 | Fairfax | 0.476 |
| 47 | 50629 | Fairbank | 0.476 |
| 48 | 50423 | Britt | 0.476 |
| 49 | 51653 | Tabor | 0.475 |
| 50 | 51012 | Cherokee | 0.475 |
| 51 | 50645 | Ionia | 0.475 |
| 52 | 50548 | Humboldt | 0.474 |
| 53 | 50130 | Jewell | 0.474 |
| 54 | 50060 | Corydon | 0.474 |
| 55 | 50003 | Adel | 0.474 |
| 56 | 52322 | Oxford | 0.473 |
| 57 | 52361 | Williamsburg | 0.473 |
| 58 | 52732 | Clinton | 0.472 |
| 59 | 51025 | Holstein | 0.472 |
| 60 | 51450 | Lake View | 0.472 |
| 61 | 51248 | Sanborn | 0.471 |
| 62 | 50583 | Sac City | 0.470 |
| 63 | 52540 | Brighton | 0.468 |
| 64 | 50638 | Grundy Center | 0.467 |
| 65 | 52001 | Dubuque | 0.467 |
| 66 | 50266 | West Des Moines | 0.467 |
| 67 | 51638 | Essex | 0.466 |
| 68 | 51035 | Marcus | 0.466 |
| 69 | 51551 | Malvern | 0.466 |
| 70 | 52655 | West Burlington | 0.464 |
| 71 | 52411 | Cedar Rapids | 0.464 |
| 72 | 50140 | Lamoni | 0.464 |
| 73 | 50530 | Dayton | 0.464 |
| 74 | 52353 | Washington | 0.464 |
| 75 | 50525 | Clarion | 0.463 |
| 76 | 52042 | Edgewood | 0.463 |
| 77 | 51521 | Avoca | 0.461 |
| 78 | 51351 | Milford | 0.461 |
| 79 | 50541 | Gilmore City | 0.461 |
| 80 | 52722 | Bettendorf | 0.460 |
| 81 | 51632 | Clarinda | 0.460 |
| 82 | 52245 | Iowa City | 0.459 |
| 83 | 51247 | Rock Valley | 0.457 |
| 84 | 50010 | Ames | 0.457 |
| 85 | 50076 | Exira | 0.456 |
| 86 | 50846 | Fontanelle | 0.455 |
| 87 | 51601 | Shenandoah | 0.455 |
| 88 | 51249 | Sibley | 0.454 |
| 89 | 50216 | Panora | 0.453 |
| 90 | 50002 | Adair | 0.452 |
| 91 | 51570 | Shelby | 0.452 |
| 92 | 50126 | Iowa Falls | 0.452 |
| 93 | 52033 | Cascade | 0.452 |
| 94 | 51462 | Scranton | 0.451 |
| 95 | 51529 | Dunlap | 0.451 |
| 96 | 52052 | Guttenberg | 0.451 |
| 97 | 50466 | Riceville | 0.451 |
| 98 | 52632 | Keokuk | 0.450 |
| 99 | 52747 | Durant | 0.450 |
| 100 | 51106 | Sioux City | 0.449 |
Zip codes with the least income inequality
| # | Zip | City | Inequality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 52242 | Iowa City | 0.285 |
| 2 | 52749 | Fruitland | 0.290 |
| 3 | 51430 | Arcadia | 0.296 |
| 4 | 52068 | Peosta | 0.297 |
| 5 | 51342 | Graettinger | 0.300 |
| 6 | 51024 | Hinton | 0.301 |
| 7 | 50680 | Wellsburg | 0.301 |
| 8 | 52201 | Ainsworth | 0.301 |
| 9 | 50035 | Bondurant | 0.302 |
| 10 | 50535 | Early | 0.305 |
| 11 | 52351 | Walford | 0.306 |
| 12 | 52227 | Ely | 0.306 |
| 13 | 52041 | Earlville | 0.309 |
| 14 | 52352 | Walker | 0.310 |
| 15 | 52324 | Palo | 0.314 |
| 16 | 52037 | Delmar | 0.319 |
| 17 | 50233 | Redfield | 0.320 |
| 18 | 52754 | Letts | 0.320 |
| 19 | 50069 | De Soto | 0.321 |
| 20 | 50568 | Newell | 0.321 |
| 21 | 51038 | Merrill | 0.322 |
| 22 | 50170 | Monroe | 0.323 |
| 23 | 50240 | Saint Charles | 0.323 |
| 24 | 52645 | New London | 0.325 |
| 25 | 52345 | Urbana | 0.325 |
| 26 | 52254 | Lost Nation | 0.325 |
| 27 | 52073 | Sherrill | 0.327 |
| 28 | 50229 | Prole | 0.328 |
| 29 | 50166 | Milo | 0.328 |
| 30 | 50447 | Kanawha | 0.329 |
| 31 | 50047 | Carlisle | 0.329 |
| 32 | 50676 | Tripoli | 0.331 |
| 33 | 50228 | Prairie City | 0.331 |
| 34 | 50668 | Readlyn | 0.333 |
| 35 | 52756 | Long Grove | 0.335 |
| 36 | 50244 | Slater | 0.336 |
| 37 | 51561 | Pacific Junction | 0.337 |
| 38 | 50456 | Manly | 0.338 |
| 39 | 51052 | Salix | 0.338 |
| 40 | 52223 | Delhi | 0.339 |
| 41 | 52206 | Atkins | 0.339 |
| 42 | 51458 | Odebolt | 0.339 |
| 43 | 50622 | Denver | 0.339 |
| 44 | 52248 | Keota | 0.339 |
| 45 | 52046 | Farley | 0.341 |
| 46 | 52202 | Alburnett | 0.342 |
| 47 | 50162 | Melbourne | 0.342 |
| 48 | 52346 | Van Horne | 0.346 |
| 49 | 50230 | Radcliffe | 0.348 |
| 50 | 52755 | Lone Tree | 0.348 |
| 51 | 52310 | Monticello | 0.348 |
| 52 | 50604 | Aplington | 0.349 |
| 53 | 52159 | Monona | 0.349 |
| 54 | 52561 | Fremont | 0.349 |
| 55 | 52032 | Bernard | 0.349 |
| 56 | 50276 | Woodward | 0.349 |
| 57 | 50105 | Gilbert | 0.350 |
| 58 | 52203 | Amana | 0.350 |
| 59 | 50156 | Madrid | 0.351 |
| 60 | 52768 | Princeton | 0.351 |
| 61 | 50682 | Winthrop | 0.353 |
| 62 | 52563 | Hedrick | 0.353 |
| 63 | 50669 | Reinbeck | 0.353 |
| 64 | 52637 | Mediapolis | 0.354 |
| 65 | 50261 | Van Meter | 0.355 |
| 66 | 51576 | Underwood | 0.355 |
| 67 | 51003 | Alton | 0.356 |
| 68 | 52653 | Wapello | 0.357 |
| 69 | 50323 | Urbandale | 0.357 |
| 70 | 50111 | Grimes | 0.357 |
| 71 | 52301 | Marengo | 0.357 |
| 72 | 52069 | Preston | 0.358 |
| 73 | 52132 | Calmar | 0.358 |
| 74 | 50643 | Hudson | 0.358 |
| 75 | 52161 | Ossian | 0.359 |
| 76 | 50058 | Coon Rapids | 0.359 |
| 77 | 51201 | Sheldon | 0.359 |
| 78 | 51027 | Ireton | 0.359 |
| 79 | 50072 | Earlham | 0.359 |
| 80 | 50169 | Mitchellville | 0.359 |
| 81 | 51525 | Carson | 0.361 |
| 82 | 51006 | Battle Creek | 0.362 |
| 83 | 51245 | Primghar | 0.362 |
| 84 | 52726 | Blue Grass | 0.362 |
| 85 | 52171 | Waucoma | 0.363 |
| 86 | 52327 | Riverside | 0.363 |
| 87 | 52554 | Eldon | 0.364 |
| 88 | 52347 | Victor | 0.364 |
| 89 | 50450 | Lake Mills | 0.364 |
| 90 | 50023 | Ankeny | 0.364 |
| 91 | 51063 | Whiting | 0.365 |
| 92 | 51526 | Crescent | 0.366 |
| 93 | 50601 | Ackley | 0.366 |
| 94 | 50632 | Garwin | 0.366 |
| 95 | 50236 | Roland | 0.366 |
| 96 | 52141 | Elgin | 0.367 |
| 97 | 52053 | Holy Cross | 0.367 |
| 98 | 50621 | Conrad | 0.367 |
| 99 | 50675 | Traer | 0.368 |
| 100 | 52144 | Fort Atkinson | 0.368 |
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