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50831 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 50831 covers Arispe, Iowa.

Median age
62.423.7 points above the US average
Time zone
Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time

Where 50831 is

Arispe, Iowa — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median age62.4
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median year built1953
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 94.9% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively High
Expected annual loss92.1 out of 100
Community resilience68.1 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Drought99.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave98.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail96.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind94.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave94.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide93.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire87Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado86.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather83.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding75.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm70.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning50.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane35.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake21.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with Iowa and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPIowaUnited States
Median household income$73,147$78,538
Income per person$39,728$43,289
Poverty rate11%12.4%
Median home value$195,900$303,400
Median gross rent$949$1,348
Homeownership71.5%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher30.9%35%
Unemployment rate3.6%5.2%
Works from home10.4%13.5%
Born outside the US5.7%13.9%
Median age62.438.638.7
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Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationCRESTON 2 SW, IA US18.8 km away
Rain in a year38 in

Average high and low by month

January30.5°F / 10.6°F1.04 in rain
February35.1°F / 13.8°F1.46 in rain
March48.7°F / 25.5°F2.53 in rain
April61.2°F / 36.1°F3.74 in rain
May71.3°F / 48.8°F5.15 in rain
June80.9°F / 59.4°F5.17 in rain
July84.7°F / 63.2°F4.46 in rain
August83°F / 60.7°F4.23 in rain
September76.4°F / 51.6°F3.7 in rain
October64.1°F / 39.3°F2.79 in rain
November48.4°F / 26.2°F2.14 in rain
December35.7°F / 16°F1.48 in rain
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

East Union Community School District100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability10more vulnerable than 10% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status29more vulnerable than 29% of US census tracts
Household characteristics27more vulnerable than 27% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status3more vulnerable than 3% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport7more vulnerable than 7% of US census tracts
Walkability3.4 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

50861 Shannon City, IA5 km away
50863 Tingley, IA9.2 km away
50830 Afton, IA12.3 km away
50074 Ellston, IA14.5 km away
50254 Thayer, IA14.9 km away
50845 Diagonal, IA16.6 km away
50801 Creston, IA17 km away
50842 Cromwell, IA23.6 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Union County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneCentral (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.22 sq mi
Latitude, longitude40.9314, -94.2193

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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