50228 Zip Code Detailed Profile

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Back to All US cities. City: Prairie City, IA Jasper County, IA Zip code population (2000): 2,170 Estimated zip code population in 2007: 2,279 Home Value Estimate Address: Unit (optional): City State AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY Zip Recent Home Sales Address: City State AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY Zip Min Price (optional) Max Price (optional) Prioritization: Sale Date Distance Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip code 50228 General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Houses and condos: 885 Renter-occupied apartments: 187 % of renters here:   23% State:   28% 2008 cost of living index in zip code 50228: 77.3 (low, U.S. average is 100) Land area: 71.7 sq. mi. Water area: 0.0 sq. mi. Population density: 32 people per square mile   (very low). Estimate of real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2007: This zip code:   1.6% ($1,163) Iowa:   1.8% ($1,077) List your B&M business here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Males: 1,052   (48.5%) Females: 1,118   (51.5%) Recent posts about zip code 50228 area on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: Where to live east of Des Moines?  (27 replies) Towns/villages near Des Moines  (21 replies) Anyone been to Neil Smith Nat'l Wildlife Refugee?  (8 replies) 100% rural population. Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $138,292 50228:   $138,292 Iowa:   $117,900 According to our research of public records there was one registered sex offender living in 50228 zip code in early 2007. The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this zip code is a lot smaller than the state average. Median resident age:   39.2 years Iowa median age:   36.6 years Average household size: This zip code:   2.5 people Iowa:   2.5 people Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 50228, filed in 2005: Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $46,159 (Individual Income Tax Returns) Here:   $46,159 State:   $43,875 Salary/wage: $42,809 (reported on 86.1% of returns) Here:   $42,809 State:   $38,265 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 111.0% for AGIs below $10k, 62.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 80.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 83.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 88.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 69.1% for AGIs over 100k) Taxable interest for individuals: $1,620 (reported on 54.2% of returns) This zip code:   $1,620 Iowa:   $1,768 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.6% for AGIs below $10k, 4.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.3% for AGIs over 100k) Taxable dividends: $960 (reported on 31.0% of returns) Here:   $960 State:   $2,510 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.7% for AGIs below $10k, 2.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.5% for AGIs over 100k) Net capital gain/loss: +$2,213 (reported on 24.2% of returns) Here:   +$2,213 State:   +$6,139 (% of AGI for various income ranges: -4.6% for AGIs below $10k, -0.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, -0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.4% for AGIs over 100k) Profit/loss from business: +$5,170 (reported on 16.4% of returns) Here:   +$5,170 State:   +$8,574 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.5% for AGIs $75k-100k) IRA payment deduction: $2,737 (reported on 2.0% of returns) 50228:   $2,737 Iowa:   $2,970 Total itemized deductions: $13,699 (1% of AGI, reported on 39.3% of returns) Here:   $13,699 State:   $16,976 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 26.8% for AGIs below $10k, 10.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 11.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 11.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 10.7% for AGIs over 100k) Charity contributions deductions: $2,471 (3.5% of AGI, reported on 31.7% of returns) Here:   $2,471 Iowa:   $3,089 Here:   3.5% of AGI State:   3.6% of AGI (% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.4% for AGIs over 100k) Total tax: $5,526 (reported on 80.0% of returns) 50228:   $5,526 State:   $6,177 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.9% for AGIs below $10k, 4.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 16.1% for AGIs over 100k) Earned income credit: $1,542 (reported on 7.4% of returns) Here:   $1,542 State:   $1,540 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.9% for AGIs below $10k, 2.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k) Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 70.4% Here:   70% State:   70% (% for various income ranges: 54.7% for AGIs below $10k, 75.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 71.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 78.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 67.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 64.8% for AGIs over 100k)

This zip code:	$55,520
Iowa:	$47,292

Nearest zip codes: 50054, 50169, 50170, 50237, 50252, 50118.

Percentage of family households:

This zip code:	73.9%
Whole state:	67.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This zip code:	3.0%
Whole state:	4.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
• Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Housing units in zip code 50228 with a mortgage: 296 (45 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 186

This zip code:	6.6%
Whole state:	11.0%

This zip code:	3.6%
Whole state:	4.7%

Here:	6.1
State:	6.3

Here:	4.8
State:	4.2

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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages: Cemetery: Mound Prairie Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map Post office: Prairie City Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 50228: Less than $10,000: 1 $10,000 to $14,999: 1 $15,000 to $19,999: 5 $20,000 to $24,999: 2 $35,000 to $39,999: 3 $40,000 to $49,999: 6 $50,000 to $59,999: 18 $60,000 to $69,999: 15 $70,000 to $79,999: 16 $80,000 to $89,999: 26 $90,000 to $99,999: 41 $100,000 to $124,999: 114 $125,000 to $149,999: 145 $150,000 to $174,999: 95 $175,000 to $199,999: 54 $200,000 to $249,999: 43 $250,000 to $299,999: 25 $300,000 to $399,999: 26 $400,000 to $499,999: 13 $500,000 to $749,999: 4 $750,000 to $999,999: 4 $1,000,000 or more: 7

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 50228: Less than $100: 3 $100 to $149: 1 $150 to $199: 7 $200 to $249: 4 $250 to $299: 4 $300 to $349: 17 $350 to $399: 26 $400 to $449: 30 $450 to $499: 11 $500 to $549: 5 $600 to $649: 3 $900 to $999: 8 No cash rent: 29

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $54,426.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $135,850
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $136,425
• Some other race householders: $39,491
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $86,163

50228:	$142,707
Iowa:	$117,900

Detached houses: $176,277

Here:	$176,277
State:	$150,000

Townhouses or other attached units: $123,176

Here:	$123,176
State:	$158,666

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $402,172

Here:	$402,172
State:	$127,528

Mobile homes: $28,810

Here:	$28,810
State:	$29,315

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 709
• One, attached: 3
• Two: 13
• 3 or 4: 50
• 5 to 9: 10
• 10 to 19: 14
• 20 to 49: 3
• Mobile homes: 44
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 791 (74%) Carpooled: 159 (15%) Bicycle: 3 (0%) Walked: 24 (2%) Other means: 2 (0%) Worked at home: 87 (8%)

Travel time to work Less than 5 minutes: 79 5 to 9 minutes: 105 10 to 14 minutes: 50 15 to 19 minutes: 51 20 to 24 minutes: 86 25 to 29 minutes: 76 30 to 34 minutes: 290 35 to 39 minutes: 95 40 to 44 minutes: 79 45 to 59 minutes: 59 60 to 89 minutes: 2 90 or more minutes: 7

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 40.3%

Household type by relationship
Households: 2,034

• In family households: 1,792 (552 male householders, 47 female householders)

  543 spouses, 593 children (536 natural, 17 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 4 other relatives, 27 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 242 (63 male householders (46 living alone)), 153 female householders (148 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 50 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 285 2-persons, 127 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 194 1-person, 22 2-persons.

457 married couples with children.
78 single-parent households (36 men, 42 women).

97.8% of residents of 50228 zip code speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% very well, 14% well, 10% not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% very well, 10% not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% well).

Foreign born population: 12 (0.6%)
(58.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

This zip code:	0.6%
Whole state:	3.1%

First ancestries reported:

Dutch: 429

German: 331

United States or American: 276

Irish: 180

English: 114

Other groups: 74

French (except Basque): 36

Scotch-Irish: 34

Swedish: 29

Italian: 27

Norwegian: 21

Scottish: 17

Welsh: 17

European: 14

Northern European: 14

Polish: 14

Czech: 10

Danish: 5

Finnish: 4

Czechoslovakian: 4

Austrian: 2

Arab:: 2

Lebanese: 2

Canadian: 2

Scandinavian: 2

Slovak: 1

Facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• PCM MIDDLE SCHOOL (405 PLAINSMEN RD in PRAIRIE CITY, IA)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-505160 209
  Organizations: PCM COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• PRAIRIE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (407 JEFFERSON in PRAIRIE CITY, IA)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-505160 409
  Organizations: PCM COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• HEARTLAND COOP (117 SOUTH MAIN STREET in PRAIRIE CITY, IA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  Business SIC classification: PREPARED FEEDS AND FEED INGREDIENTS FOR ANIMALS AND FOWLS, EXCEPT DOGS AND CATS; FERTILIZERS, MIXING ONLY; GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS
  Alternative names: FARMERS CO-OP EXCHANGE, FARMERS COOP EXCHANGE, FARMERS COOPERATIVE EXCHANGE PRAIRIE CITY NH3

• CHUCKS AUTO PARTS (108 N MARSHALL ST in PRAIRIE CITY, IA)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: CHARLES HOOD (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• NEAL SMITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE R (P.O.BOX 399 in PRAIRIE CITY, IA)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: ARBORETA AND BOTANICAL OR ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
  Alternative names: WALNUT CREEK NATIONAL WILDLIFE

• PRAIRIE CITY, CITY OF STP (CITY CLERK in PRAIRIE CITY, IA)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Organizations: CITY OF PRAIRIE CITY (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• PRAIRIE CITY NEWS-FORMER SITE OF (106 N MAIN in PRAIRIE CITY, IA)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  

• PRAIRIE CITY COMM SCHOOLS (407 JEFFERSON in PRAIRIE CITY, IA)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  Alternative names: PRAIRIE C S D

• PRAIRIE CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (407 EAST PLAINSMEN DRIVE in PRAIRIE CITY, IA)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  Alternative names: PCM MIDDLE SCHOOL, PRAIRIE CITY C S D, PRAIRIE CITY COMM SCHOOL DIST

• PCM CSD (PO BOX 490 in PRAIRIE CITY, IA)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  

• PRAIRIE CITY AUTO (200 E JEFFERSON in PRAIRIE CITY, IA)

  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Business NAICS classification: GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.
  

Median worth of mobile homes: $38,076

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 1793
• Northeast: 32
• Midwest: 156
• South: 50
• West: 34

67% of the 50228 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Iowa.

Population in 1990: 1,941. Population change in the 1990s: +229 (+11.8%).

Here:	5.9%
Iowa:	10.8%

Here:	0.7%
Iowa:	7.1%

Here:	22.6%
Iowa:	25.4%

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• CLYDE SPIDELL (301 S WEST ST in PRAIRIE CITY, IA): $46,988 in 9 contracts from 2002 to 2005

  Contracts for Custodial Janitorial Services by Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only
  Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $15,756; 2003: $0; 2004: $15,784; 2005: $15,448; 2006: $0.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $8,032 with Army for Custodial Janitorial Services. Signed on 2005-02-15. Completion date: 2004-10-20.
  $8,032 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Custodial Janitorial Services. Signed on 2005-02-15. Completion date: 2004-10-20.
  $7,892, same as above. Signed on 2004-01-21. Completion date: 2004-11-01.
  $7,892 with Army for Custodial Janitorial Services. Signed on 2004-01-21. Completion date: 2004-11-01.
  

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Wholesale Trade: Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (20-49: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers (20-49: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (5-9: 1, 1-4: 4)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (10-19: 1)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Document Preparation Services (10-19: 1)

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