Estimated median household income in 2007: $41,750
| This zip code: | $41,750 | | Iowa: | $47,292 |
Nearest zip codes: 52342, 50173, 50632, 52215, 50142, 52348.
Housing units in zip code 52339 with a mortgage: 395 (71 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 499
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $970
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $389
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 20.3% | | Whole state: | 11.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 9.5% | | Whole state: | 4.7% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.3 | | State: | 6.3 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.3 | | State: | 4.2 |
Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 22
- 1995 to 1998: 171
- 1990 to 1994: 36
- 1980 to 1989: 86
- 1970 to 1979: 269
- 1960 to 1969: 109
- 1950 to 1959: 111
- 1940 to 1949: 102
- 1939 or earlier: 753
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Tama, IA (52339): |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 25
- 2 bedrooms: 289
- 3 bedrooms: 525
- 4 bedrooms: 276
- 5 or more bedrooms: 33
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 12
- 1 bedrooms: 89
- 2 bedrooms: 158
- 3 bedrooms: 72
- 4 bedrooms: 12
- 5 or more bedrooms: 13
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Vehicles available in 52339 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 53
- 1 vehicle: 296
- 2 vehicles: 457
- 3 vehicles: 245
- 4 vehicles: 68
- 5 or more vehicles: 29
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 76
- 1 vehicle: 161
- 2 vehicles: 88
- 3 vehicles: 27
- 4 vehicles: 0
- 5 or more vehicles: 4
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 52339:
- Less than $10,000: 7
- $10,000 to $14,999: 5
- $15,000 to $19,999: 13
- $20,000 to $24,999: 18
- $25,000 to $29,999: 22
- $30,000 to $34,999: 28
- $35,000 to $39,999: 23
- $40,000 to $49,999: 53
- $50,000 to $59,999: 69
- $60,000 to $69,999: 70
- $70,000 to $79,999: 93
- $80,000 to $89,999: 99
- $90,000 to $99,999: 101
- $100,000 to $124,999: 220
- $125,000 to $149,999: 88
- $150,000 to $174,999: 84
- $175,000 to $199,999: 33
- $200,000 to $249,999: 29
- $250,000 to $299,999: 2
- $300,000 to $399,999: 7
- $400,000 to $499,999: 4
- $500,000 to $749,999: 10
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 52339:
- Less than $100: 31
- $100 to $149: 4
- $150 to $199: 8
- $200 to $249: 19
- $250 to $299: 21
- $300 to $349: 3
- $350 to $399: 49
- $400 to $449: 62
- $450 to $499: 22
- $500 to $549: 14
- $550 to $599: 5
- $650 to $699: 7
- $900 to $999: 10
- $1,000 to $1,249: 7
- No cash rent: 55
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $101,385.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $87,599
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $91,189
- Asian householders: $122,064
- Some other race householders: $88,030
- Two or more races householders: $43,943
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $65,627
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $94,024 (it was $65,400 in 2000)
| 52339: | $94,024 | | Iowa: | $117,900 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $61,705 - $114,487
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $104,338| Here: | $104,338 | | State: | $150,000 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $62,996| Here: | $62,996 | | State: | $158,666 |
In 2-unit structures: $95,182| Here: | $95,182 | | State: | $134,477 |
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $165,371| Here: | $165,371 | | State: | $124,442 |
Mobile homes: $29,773| Here: | $29,773 | | State: | $29,315 |
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,398
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 59
- 5 to 9: 47
- 10 to 19: 33
- 20 to 49: 26
- Mobile homes: 61

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 1,308 (77%)
- Carpooled: 235 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 11 (1%)
- Walked: 70 (4%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 47 (3%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 216
- 5 to 9 minutes: 452
- 10 to 14 minutes: 301
- 15 to 19 minutes: 120
- 20 to 24 minutes: 126
- 25 to 29 minutes: 74
- 30 to 34 minutes: 147
- 35 to 39 minutes: 32
- 40 to 44 minutes: 29
- 45 to 59 minutes: 45
- 60 to 89 minutes: 69
- 90 or more minutes: 34
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 69.7%
Household type by relationship
Households: 4,106
- In family households: 3,615 (860 male householders, 227 female householders)
926 spouses, 1,301 children (1,159 natural, 29 adopted, 113 stepchildren), 138 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 62 other relatives, 74 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 491 (177 male householders (150 living alone)), 260 female householders (244 living alone)), 54 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 83 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 451 2-persons, 228 3-persons, 197 4-persons, 109 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 394 1-person, 34 2-persons, 9 3-persons.
753 married couples with children.
260 single-parent households (52 men, 208 women).
82.6% of residents of 52339 zip code speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% very well, 16% well, 10% not well, 8% not at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% very well, 10% well, 4% not at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% very well, 18% well, 15% not well, 8% not at all).
8.3% of residents speak other language at home (71% very well, 26% well, 2% not well, 1% not at all).
Foreign born population: 193 (4.7%)
(30.1% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 4.7% | | Whole state: | 3.1% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (68%)
- India (8%)
- Korea (7%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- United Kingdom (3%)
- Other Eastern Europe (3%)
- Japan (3%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 35
- 1990 to 1994: 64
- 1985 to 1989: 23
- 1980 to 1984: 26
- 1975 to 1979: 20
- 1970 to 1974: 10
- 1970 to 1974: 10
- 1965 to 1969: 5
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White population: 3,123
Black population: 13
American Indian population: 729
Asian population: 12
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 166
Two or more races population: 78

First ancestries reported:
|  Other groups: 1061 |
|  German: 638 |
|  United States or American: 303 |
|  Czech: 275 |
|  English: 253 |
|  Irish: 239 |
|  Norwegian: 159 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 95 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 46 |
|  Italian: 31 |
|  Scottish: 31 |
|  Polish: 24 |
|  Dutch: 23 |
|  Welsh: 17 |
|  Danish: 16 |
|  French (except Basque): 16 |
|  French Canadian: 13 |
|  Swedish: 6 |
|  Swiss: 6 |
|  Albanian: 5 |
|  British: 5 |
|  Lithuanian: 4 |
|  German Russian: 3 |
|  European: 2 |

Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- SOUTH TAMA HIGH SCHOOL (1715 HARDING ST in TAMA, IA)
(Geographic Names Information System)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-866098 109
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
USED OIL PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: SOUTH TAMA COUNTY SCHOOL (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, SCHOOL DISTRICT (CONTACT/OWNER)
, SOUTH TAMA COUNTY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
Alternative names: SOUTH TAMA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
- BITUMINOUS MATERIALS & SUPPLY LP (3380 L AVENUE in TAMA, IA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
OIL CONTROL (Facility Response Plan for oil discharge)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
Business SIC classification: HIGHWAY AND STREET CONSTRUCTION, EXCEPT ELEVATED HIGHWAYS; ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURES AND BLOCKS
Organizations: BITUMINOUS MATERIAL & SUPPLY CO, LP (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: BITUMINOUS MATERIALS& SUPPLIES, BITUMINOUS MATERIAL & SUPPLY CO LP, BITUMINOUS MATERIALS & SUPPLY L.P.
- TAMA PAPERBOARD (117 SIEGEL STREET in TAMA, IA)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
STATE MASTER (Iowa emission factors information)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
Business SIC classification: PULP MILLS; PAPERBOARD MILLS
Organizations: CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. (CONTACT/OWNER)
, CARAUSTAR (CONTACT/OWNER)
, CPI C/O CARAUSTAR INDUSTIRES (CONTACT/OWNER)
, CPI (PARENT CORPORATION)
Alternative names: CPI, PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA
- TAMA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (215 W 9TH ST in TAMA, IA)
(Geographic Names Information System)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-866098 432
Organizations: SOUTH TAMA COUNTY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- TAMA PRIMARY SCHOOL (806 STATE ST in TAMA, IA)
(Geographic Names Information System)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-866098 427
Organizations: SOUTH TAMA COUNTY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- SAC & FOX SETTLEMENT SCHOOL (1657 320TH STREET in TAMA, IA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-F51E02
Organizations: MINNEAPOLIS AREA OFFICE (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- SOUTH TAMA COUNTY COMM (1702 HARDING in TAMA, IA)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
Alternative names: SOUTH TAMA C S D, SOUTH TAMA COUNTY CSD
- SAC & FOX TRIBE OF THE MISSISSIPPI-IOWA (ROUTE 2 BOX 56C in TAMA, IA). Tribal Land
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
- UNION PACIFIC RR (FORMERLY CGO NWRR) (.25 MI E OF TOWN ON PUBLIC RD in TAMA, IA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD (CONTACT/OWNER)
- AGRO SOLUTIONS INC (1004 E 5TH ST in TAMA, IA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
- ROHACH AG (200 JACKSON STREET in TAMA, IA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Alternative names: CROPMATE COMPANY TAMA, CROPMATE FERTILIZER
- SAC & FOX OF MISSISSIPPI (349 MESKWAKI ROAD in TAMA, IA)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
- SAC AND FOX SETTLEMENT LAGOON (301 MESKWAKI ROAD in TAMA, IA). Tribal Land
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
Alternative names: SAC&FOX TRIBE OF THE MISSISSIP
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,618
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3349
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 324
- South: 146
- West: 164
55% of the 52339 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Iowa.
Population in 1990: 3,242. Population change in the 1990s: +879 (+27.1%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
| Here: | 10.8% | | Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 4.6% | | Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 7.4% | | Iowa: | 25.4% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Casinos (except Casino Hotels) (over 1000 employees: 1 establishment)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (50-99: 1)
- Wholesale Trade: Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (20-49: 1, 5-9: 1)
- Wholesale Trade: Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers (20-49: 1)
- Information: Newspaper Publishers (20-49: 1)
- Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (5-9: 3)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
60 people in nursing homes
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