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Scott County · Iowa

ZIP code 52746

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 52746 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
1,198

ZCTA residents

Median income
$113,816

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$314,800

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6%

Iowa state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 52746 sits in Scott County, Iowa and is home to 1,198 people. Median household income is $113,816, the median home is worth $314,800 and median gross rent is $1,174. 79% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (Iowa state rate).

County
Scott County

FIPS 19163

State
Iowa (IA)

970 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 52746

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
1,198ZIP 52746 residents
Median household income
$113,816Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$314,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,174Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
39.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
79%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 52746 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 52746 is a small town in Scott County, Iowa, with 1,198 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #412 of 970 ranked by population — larger than 57% of them. The median age here is 39.3 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 ZIP 52746 earn a median of $113,816 a year, 44.9% above the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 22.9% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 52746 is valued at $314,800, 3.8% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,174 a month, 16.5% below the national figure, or roughly $14,088 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 79% 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.

Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.

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.

Reading ZIP 52746 in context

How 52746 sits inside Scott County and Iowa.

ZIP 52746 is tabulated inside Scott County, Iowa, one of 20 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 970 across Iowa. Fewer than 2,500 people are counted here, so the ZIP behaves like a village delivery route rather than a neighbourhood. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 52746 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 52746 reports a median household income of $113,816, 35% above the $84,519 county median, and 60% above the $71,182 typical IA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $314,800, 15% above the county figure and 108% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,174 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Iowa charges 6% statewide, and local governments overlapping 52746 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 52746 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 52746

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
6%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$6Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$60Before any exemptions

Iowa levies 6% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
12%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
2.8×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,633/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
22.9%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 52746 compares

ZIP 52746 against the median ZIP in Scott County and across Iowa.

MeasureZIP 52746County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$113,816$84,519$71,182+60%
Median home value$314,800$274,100$151,550+108%
Median gross rent$1,174$976$808+45%
Population1,1982,181935+28%

Medians are computed across the 20 ZIP areas in Scott County and the 970 ZIP areas in Iowa.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 970 Iowa ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 96% of 937 state ZIPs

#34
Home value

above 96% of 922 state ZIPs

#35
Population

larger than 58% of 970 state ZIPs

#412

Comparable ZIP codes

Iowa ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
50023Polk County$113,914$327,200$1,191
52333Johnson County$113,917$347,800$1,202
52345Benton County$112,929$225,200$774
51542Pottawattamie County$112,898$362,400—
52769Scott County$115,563$304,500$981
50072Madison County$111,518$298,500$835

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Scott County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Scott County, Iowa.

ZIP 52746 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 52746?
ZIP 52746 lies mostly in Scott County, Iowa. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 52746?
Iowa charges 6% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 52746 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,174 a month, about 12% of median household income, and the median home is worth $314,800 — +108% against the typical Iowa ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 52746, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.