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Van Meter, IA 50261 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 50261: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Van Meter, IA 50261

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Dallas County
Centroid: Latitude 41.526, Longitude -93.956
Time Zone: Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 50261 has segments in 2 Counties (Dallas, Madison).

Businesses Addresses: 37
PO Box Addresses: 144
Residential Addresses: 825

Multi-Family Addresses: 12
Single Family Addresses: 813

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

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Van Meter, IA 50261 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	2,836
Daytime Population: Workers	317
Daytime Population: Residents	1,254
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	1,571
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.55
Population in Households	2,835
Population in Familes	2,491
Population in Group Qrtrs	1
Population Density²	39
Diversity Index³	11

INCOME
Median Household Income	$85,343
Average Household Income	$104,190
Per Capita Income	$38,325

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	1,133 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	893 (78.8%)
Renter Occupied HU	150 (13.2%)
Vacant Housing Units	90 ( 7.9%)
Median Home Value	$281,250
Average Home Value	$338,158

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	1,043
Average Household Size	2.72
Family Households	805
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	2.41%	2.72%
Households	2.31%	2.71%
Families	2.19%	2.64%
Median Household Income		1.37%
Per Capita Income		2.14%

Van Meter, IA 50261 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 50261 to the other 963 ZIP Codes in Iowa by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.