50078 Zip Code (Ferguson, IA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 102
Zip code population in 2010: 126
Zip code population in 2000: 91

Houses and condos: 65
Renter-occupied apartments: 13
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 50078: 81.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 0.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 400 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,128 (0.7%)

For population 25 years and over in 50078:

• High school or higher: 80.0%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.4%
• Graduate or professional degree: 2.4%
• Unemployed: 23.6%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 41.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 50078:

• Never married: 15.8%
• Now married: 44.6%
• Separated: 6.2%
• Widowed: 21.4%
• Divorced: 12.1%

• 
• • 9391.2%White
  • 65.9%Two or more races
  • 32.9%Hispanic or Latino

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 50078, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $32,362 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$32,362
State:	$43,875

Salary/wage: $29,963 (reported on 93.1% of returns)

Here:	$29,963
State:	$38,265

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 90.0% for AGIs below $10k, 78.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 80.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 91.8% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $62 (reported on 27.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$62
Iowa:	$1,768

Total itemized deductions: $11,100 (28% of AGI, reported on 17.2% of returns)

Here:	$11,100
State:	$16,976

Here:	28.1% of AGI
State:	20.8% of AGI

Total tax: $3,600 (reported on 69.0% of returns)

50078:	$3,600
State:	$6,177

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 75.9%

Here:	76%
State:	70%

Nearest zip codes: 50106, 50142, 50141, 50158, 50120, 50173.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 14
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 36

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 5 (4 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 8 (0 now married, 8 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 50078 with a mortgage: 5
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $928
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $506

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 50078 household income distribution in 2022

• 1Less than $10,000
• 9$15,000 to $19,999
• 2$20,000 to $24,999
• 7$25,000 to $29,999
• 2$30,000 to $34,999
• 3$45,000 to $49,999
• 13$50,000 to $59,999
• 4$60,000 to $74,999
• 3$75,000 to $99,999
• 1$100,000 to $124,999

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 50078

• 9Less than $10,000
• 1$10,000 to $14,999
• 1$15,000 to $19,999
• 1$20,000 to $24,999
• 1$25,000 to $29,999
• 1$35,000 to $39,999
• 4$50,000 to $59,999
• 2$80,000 to $89,999
• 2$90,000 to $99,999
• 6$100,000 to $124,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 50078

• 6$200 to $249
• 5$600 to $649
• 1$650 to $699

Median gross rent in 2022: $755.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $52,619

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $54,651 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $10,631 - $103,144

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $191,756

Here:	$191,756
State:	$245,224

Townhouses or other attached units: $166,365

Here:	$166,365
State:	$238,767

In 2-unit structures: $648,960

Here:	$648,960
State:	$243,070

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $220,362

Here:	$220,362
State:	$162,139

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $101,746

Here:	$101,746
State:	$190,519

Mobile homes: $49,950

Here:	$49,950
State:	$51,271

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 57
• 3 or 4: 6
• Mobile homes: 1

Unemployment: 23.6%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 50078

• 82.5%16Drove a car alone
• 5.2%1Carpooled
• 5.2%1Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 50078

• 55 to 9 minutes
• 315 to 19 minutes
• 120 to 24 minutes
• 225 to 29 minutes
• 230 to 34 minutes
• 345 to 59 minutes
• 290 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 68.4%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 102

• Male householders: 15 (5 living alone), Female householders: 36 (12 living alone)

• 14 spouses (14 opposite-sex spouses), 13 unmarried partners, (13 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 14 children (14 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 0 foster children, 3 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 18 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 4 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person, 8 2-persons

101.0% of residents of 50078 zip code speak English at home.

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• EAST MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (325 3RD ST in FERGUSON, IA)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-641968 409
  Organizations: EAST MARSHALL COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• PRIVATE RESIDENCE OF KEVIN KERR (304 1ST AVE in FERGUSON, IA)

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

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5.1%

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

• This state: 86
• Midwest: 7
• South: 5
• West: 2

80% of the 50078 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Iowa.

99% of the 50078 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):

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

• Real Estate and Rental and Leasing: Lessors of Other Real Estate Property (1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
• Mining: Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying (1-4: 1)

Most common last names in zip code 50078 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Finders	3	81.7 years
Phillips	3	67.4 years
Smith	3	74.3 years
Carter	2	81.4 years
Davison	2	85.0 years
Garr	2	74.5 years
Good	2	91.5 years
Hamiel	2	75.5 years
Hayes	2	77.0 years
Kupka	2	80.0 years