Iowa · Census place 03655
Audubon, IA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Audubon, Iowa (Audubon, IA — Census place “Audubon city”) is 2,069 residents, ranking #163 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $41,389, the median home is worth $92,800 and median gross rent runs $718 a month. Looking for the Audubon Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Audubon, IA: 50025.
- Population
- 2,069Audubon city residents
- Median household income
- $41,389Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $92,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $718Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 69.7%Owner-occupied households
Audubon ZIP codes (Iowa)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Audubon.
The Audubon IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Audubon city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Audubon city median would spend about 20.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.3% of residents and 69.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Audubon city, IA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Audubon city is a small town in Iowa, with 2,069 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #163 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 43.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Audubon city earn a median of $41,389 a year, 47.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 39% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Audubon city is valued at $92,800, 69.4% below the national figure and 41% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $718 a month, 48.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,616 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 69.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Iowa.
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- Colfax city 2,089
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Audubon city?
- Audubon city has 2,069 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #163 of 1,026 in Iowa.
- What is the median household income in Audubon city?
- Median household income in Audubon city is $41,389 a year, 47.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Audubon city?
- Median gross rent is $718 a month and the median home value is $92,800, so rent absorbs about 20.8% of median household income.
- Is Audubon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Audubon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Audubon city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.