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51656 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 51656 covers Yorktown, Iowa, with a median household income of $47,500.

Median household income
$47,50035% below the Iowa median
Median home value
$83,30057% below the Iowa median
Time zone
Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time

Where 51656 is

Yorktown, 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.

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income$47,500
Income per person$29,281
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value$83,300
Median year built1938
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 83.1% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate
Expected annual loss83.5 out of 100
Community resilience73.8 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.

Drought99.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail95.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave94.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide93.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave91.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind90.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado90.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire80.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather76Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm66.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding64.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning59.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake15.7Very 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$47,500$73,147$78,538
Income per person$29,281$39,728$43,289
Poverty rate11%12.4%
Median home value$83,300$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 age38.638.7
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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 stationCLARINDA, IA US11.6 km away
Rain in a year37 in
Snow in a year23 in

Average high and low by month

January32.7°F / 11.9°F0.79 in rain, 6.5 in snow
February37.7°F / 16.4°F1.16 in rain, 6.3 in snow
March50.8°F / 27.5°F2.22 in rain, 2.7 in snow
April62.9°F / 38°F3.32 in rain, 0.9 in snow
May73°F / 50.3°F5.6 in rain
June82.3°F / 60.8°F5.33 in rain
July85.8°F / 64.1°F4.77 in rain
August84.1°F / 61.5°F3.95 in rain
September77.9°F / 51.8°F3.3 in rain
October65.7°F / 39.4°F2.85 in rain, 0.3 in snow
November50.1°F / 27.1°F1.98 in rain, 1.8 in snow
December37.6°F / 17.4°F1.38 in rain, 4.3 in snow
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 supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
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%.

Clarinda 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 vulnerability14more vulnerable than 14% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status21more vulnerable than 21% of US census tracts
Household characteristics42more vulnerable than 42% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status1more vulnerable than 1% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport14more vulnerable than 14% of US census tracts
Walkability4 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

51636 Coin, IA9.4 km away
51632 Clarinda, IA10 km away
51637 College Springs, IA13 km away
51651 Shambaugh, IA14.2 km away
51630 Blanchard, IA14.5 km away
51638 Essex, IA16 km away
51601 Shenandoah, IA17.7 km away
51603 Shenandoah, IA18.5 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.

Page County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneCentral (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.27 sq mi
Latitude, longitude40.7374, -95.1562

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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