51544 Zip Code (Lewis, IA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 743
Zip code population in 2010: 721
Zip code population in 2000: 761

Houses and condos: 361
Renter-occupied apartments: 35
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 51544: 81.6 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 56.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 13 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,476 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $584 (1.2%)

For population 25 years and over in 51544:

• High school or higher: 87.2%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.0%
• Graduate or professional degree: 0.4%
• Unemployed: 3.7%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 17.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 51544:

• Never married: 13.7%
• Now married: 69.4%
• Separated: 0.2%
• Widowed: 6.5%
• Divorced: 10.3%

• 
• • 66789.8%White
  • 668.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 101.3%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 51544, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $62,790 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$62,790
State:	$71,087

Salary/wage: $39,250 (reported on 80.0% of returns)

Here:	$39,250
State:	$57,361

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1185.7% for AGIs below $25k, 3040.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7390.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 7406.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,500 (reported on 30.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,500
Iowa:	$1,633

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.1% for AGIs below $25k, 76.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,420 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

Here:	$2,420
State:	$5,432

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 18.6% for AGIs below $25k, 360.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$11,680 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

Here:	+$11,680
State:	+$15,243

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 40.0% for AGIs below $25k, 1853.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$4,400 (reported on 13.3% of returns)

Here:	+$4,400
State:	+$11,763

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 155.7% for AGIs below $25k, 223.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $14,267 (reported on 10.0% of returns)

51544:	$14,267
Iowa:	$17,324

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 713.3% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Earned income credit: $2,220 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

Here:	$2,220
State:	$2,195

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 158.6% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 90.0%

Here:	90%
State:	95%

(% for various income ranges: 90.0% for AGIs below $25k, 100.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 80.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 80.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 51544, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $53,128 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$53,128
State:	$58,860

Salary/wage: $37,900 (reported on 78.1% of returns)

Here:	$37,900
State:	$46,659

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 67.6% for AGIs below $25k, 77.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 73.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 75.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 21.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,300 (reported on 37.5% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,300
Iowa:	$1,537

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,533 (reported on 18.8% of returns)

Here:	$2,533
State:	$4,542

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,400 (reported on 12.5% of returns)

Here:	+$2,400
State:	+$11,802

Profit/loss from business: +$4,280 (reported on 15.6% of returns)

Here:	+$4,280
State:	+$10,509

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $5,250 (reported on 6.2% of returns)

51544:	$5,250
Iowa:	$11,773

Total itemized deductions: $23,586 (23% of AGI, reported on 21.9% of returns)

Here:	$23,586
State:	$21,278

Here:	22.6% of AGI
State:	18.9% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 13.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 11.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 13.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $2,300 (reported on 18.8% of returns)

Here:	$2,300
State:	$4,044

Taxes paid: $11,243 (reported on 21.9% of returns)

51544:	$11,243
State:	$8,846

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,267 (reported on 18.8% of returns)

Here:	$2,267
State:	$2,098

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.9% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 84.4%

Here:	84%
State:	65%

(% for various income ranges: 81.8% for AGIs below $25k, 77.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 83.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 51544, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $32,985 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$32,985
State:	$43,875

Salary/wage: $29,353 (reported on 80.4% of returns)

Here:	$29,353
State:	$38,265

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 64.9% for AGIs below $10k, 64.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 84.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 70.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 62.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,500 (reported on 46.5% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,500
Iowa:	$1,768

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.8% for AGIs below $10k, 5.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $696 (reported on 27.8% of returns)

Here:	$696
State:	$2,510

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.4% for AGIs below $10k, 0.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$1,153 (reported on 17.8% of returns)

Here:	+$1,153
State:	+$6,139

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -2.1% for AGIs below $10k, 0.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Profit/loss from business: +$3,130 (reported on 16.3% of returns)

Here:	+$3,130
State:	+$8,574

Profit/loss from farming: +$8,509 (reported on 16.0% of returns)

Here:	+$8,509
State:	-$74

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, -1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Total itemized deductions: $12,400 (26% of AGI, reported on 21.1% of returns)

Here:	$12,400
State:	$16,976

Here:	25.5% of AGI
State:	20.8% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 13.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 7.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $1,684 (3% of AGI, reported on 17.2% of returns)

Here:	$1,684
State:	$3,089

Here:	3.5% of AGI
State:	3.6% of AGI

Total tax: $3,888 (reported on 75.5% of returns)

51544:	$3,888
State:	$6,177

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.0% for AGIs below $10k, 5.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 14.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,500 (reported on 16.9% of returns)

Here:	$1,500
State:	$1,540

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 84.6%

Here:	85%
State:	70%

(% for various income ranges: 77.0% for AGIs below $10k, 90.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 81.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 88.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 88.9% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 51535, 50022, 51532, 51577, 51552, 50847.
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
• Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 32
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 280

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 4 (2 now married, 1 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 133 (82 now married, 51 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 51544 with a mortgage: 128 (1 second mortgage, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,277
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $388

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 51544 household income distribution in 2022

• 10Less than $10,000
• 18$10,000 to $14,999
• 8$15,000 to $19,999
• 23$20,000 to $24,999
• 2$25,000 to $29,999
• 79$30,000 to $34,999
• 3$35,000 to $39,999
• 10$40,000 to $44,999
• 6$45,000 to $49,999
• 28$50,000 to $59,999
• 11$60,000 to $74,999
• 44$75,000 to $99,999
• 39$100,000 to $124,999
• 1$125,000 to $149,999
• 14$150,000 to $199,999
• 8$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 51544

• 1Less than $10,000
• 4$10,000 to $14,999
• 1$15,000 to $19,999
• 5$20,000 to $24,999
• 3$25,000 to $29,999
• 5$30,000 to $34,999
• 6$35,000 to $39,999
• 65$40,000 to $49,999
• 3$50,000 to $59,999
• 32$60,000 to $69,999
• 3$70,000 to $79,999
• 25$80,000 to $89,999
• 4$90,000 to $99,999
• 15$100,000 to $124,999
• 5$125,000 to $149,999
• 11$150,000 to $174,999
• 1$175,000 to $199,999
• 39$200,000 to $249,999
• 12$250,000 to $299,999
• 19$300,000 to $399,999
• 5$400,000 to $499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 51544

• 1$300 to $349
• 7$350 to $399
• 2$450 to $499
• 16$500 to $549
• 3$750 to $799
• 6No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $639.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $82,412

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $88,299 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $48,802 - $226,393

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $129,950

Here:	$129,950
State:	$245,224

Mobile homes: $23,028

Here:	$23,028
State:	$51,271

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 325
• 3 or 4: 19
• Mobile homes: 13

Unemployment: 3.7%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 51544

• 68.7%183Drove a car alone
• 5.6%15Carpooled
• 10.5%28Walked
• 14.6%39Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 51544

• 38Less than 5 minutes
• 275 to 9 minutes
• 4010 to 14 minutes
• 6915 to 19 minutes
• 1720 to 24 minutes
• 225 to 29 minutes
• 730 to 34 minutes
• 240 to 44 minutes
• 445 to 59 minutes
• 1660 to 89 minutes
• 690 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 83.8%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 743

• Male householders: 126 (51 living alone), Female householders: 188 (39 living alone)

• 190 spouses (190 opposite-sex spouses), 16 unmarried partners, (16 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 216 children (197 natural, 0 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 0 foster children, 5 other relatives, 3 non-relatives

Size of family households: 133 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 9 2-persons

195 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (5 men, 8 women).

99.4% of residents of 51544 zip code speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• BOBS PRINTING SERVICE-FORMER SITE OF (208 OREGON ST in LEWIS, IA)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Business NAICS classification: COMMERCIAL LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING.
  Organizations: X (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 7.9%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 11.5%

Population in 1990: 980.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 521
• Northeast: 4
• Midwest: 136
• South: 53
• West: 22

67% of the 51544 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Iowa.

99% of the 51544 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 140% moved from different county within same state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Other Services (except Public Administration): Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance (5-9 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
• Construction: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (1-4: 2)
• Construction: Site Preparation Contractors (1-4: 2)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (1-4: 1)
• Construction: Roofing Contractors (1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 1)
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Other Spectator Sports (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 51544 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Clarence	7	82.1 years
Margaret	7	77.6 years
John	6	82.0 years
William	6	71.5 years
Helen	5	80.8 years
Frank	5	79.8 years
Robert	5	78.6 years
Ethel	4	81.8 years
Harold	4	83.2 years
Gladys	4	82.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 51544 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Conn	6	78.3 years
Weppler	6	81.8 years
Ward	6	81.3 years
Billings	5	75.0 years
Marxen	5	74.0 years
Rossell	5	81.0 years
Robinson	5	81.6 years
Rhoads	5	76.4 years
Zellmer	5	66.0 years
Wheatley	4	76.3 years