51556 Zip Code (Modale, IA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 360
Zip code population in 2010: 437
Zip code population in 2000: 462

Houses and condos: 205
Renter-occupied apartments: 21
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 51556: 83.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 44.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 8 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: $1,442 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $955 (1.5%)

For population 25 years and over in 51556:

• High school or higher: 93.4%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.2%
• Graduate or professional degree: 7.4%
• Unemployed: 5.4%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 31.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 51556:

• Never married: 29.7%
• Now married: 56.6%
• Separated: 0.9%
• Widowed: 1.1%
• Divorced: 11.7%

• 
• • 35097.2%White
  • 71.9%Asian
  • 30.8%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 51556, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $56,081 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$56,081
State:	$71,087

Salary/wage: $49,800 (reported on 81.0% of returns)

Here:	$49,800
State:	$57,361

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1012.5% for AGIs below $25k, 3515.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7193.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 7073.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $483 (reported on 28.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$483
Iowa:	$1,633

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 45.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 36.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,467 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	$1,467
State:	$2,195

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 110.0% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 95.2%

Here:	95%
State:	95%

(% for various income ranges: 100.0% for AGIs below $25k, 100.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 66.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 51556, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $50,379 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$50,379
State:	$58,860

Salary/wage: $37,287 (reported on 78.9% of returns)

Here:	$37,287
State:	$46,659

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 67.2% for AGIs below $25k, 77.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 123.4% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $333 (reported on 31.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$333
Iowa:	$1,537

Ordinary dividends: $467 (reported on 15.8% of returns)

Here:	$467
State:	$4,542

Profit/loss from business: +$4,833 (reported on 15.8% of returns)

Here:	+$4,833
State:	+$10,509

Total itemized deductions: $17,450 (18% of AGI, reported on 21.1% of returns)

Here:	$17,450
State:	$21,278

Here:	17.9% of AGI
State:	18.9% of AGI

Charity contributions: $1,350 (reported on 10.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,350
State:	$4,044

Taxes paid: $7,200 (reported on 21.1% of returns)

51556:	$7,200
State:	$8,846

Earned income credit: $2,375 (reported on 21.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,375
State:	$2,098

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.4% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 73.7%

Here:	74%
State:	65%

(% for various income ranges: 71.4% for AGIs below $25k, 66.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 75.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 51556, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $36,015 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$36,015
State:	$43,875

Salary/wage: $32,212 (reported on 83.3% of returns)

Here:	$32,212
State:	$38,265

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 99.3% for AGIs below $10k, 73.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 83.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 75.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 63.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $651 (reported on 42.2% of returns)

This zip code:	$651
Iowa:	$1,768

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.9% for AGIs below $10k, 1.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $242 (reported on 16.2% of returns)

Here:	$242
State:	$2,510

Net capital gain/loss: +$1,226 (reported on 15.2% of returns)

Here:	+$1,226
State:	+$6,139

Profit/loss from farming: +$10,353 (reported on 8.3% of returns)

Here:	+$10,353
State:	-$74

Total itemized deductions: $12,512 (20% of AGI, reported on 21.1% of returns)

Here:	$12,512
State:	$16,976

Here:	20.2% of AGI
State:	20.8% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $938 (2% of AGI, reported on 15.7% of returns)

Here:	$938
State:	$3,089

Here:	1.6% of AGI
State:	3.6% of AGI

Total tax: $4,233 (reported on 77.9% of returns)

51556:	$4,233
State:	$6,177

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.0% for AGIs below $10k, 6.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 10.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,481 (reported on 13.2% of returns)

Here:	$1,481
State:	$1,540

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 82.8%

Here:	83%
State:	70%

(% for various income ranges: 74.3% for AGIs below $10k, 79.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 80.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 93.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 95.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 51557, 51555, 51550, 68008, 68023, 51564.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 7
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 180

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 7 (1 now married, 5 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 45 (32 now married, 13 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 51556 with a mortgage: 105 (5 second mortgage, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,174
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $475

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

• Zip code 51556 household income distribution in 2022

• 14Less than $10,000
• 2$10,000 to $14,999
• 11$15,000 to $19,999
• 4$20,000 to $24,999
• 3$25,000 to $29,999
• 8$30,000 to $34,999
• 14$35,000 to $39,999
• 5$45,000 to $49,999
• 12$50,000 to $59,999
• 16$60,000 to $74,999
• 26$75,000 to $99,999
• 17$100,000 to $124,999
• 20$125,000 to $149,999
• 8$150,000 to $199,999
• 17$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 51556

• 1Less than $10,000
• 2$10,000 to $14,999
• 1$15,000 to $19,999
• 14$20,000 to $24,999
• 12$35,000 to $39,999
• 1$40,000 to $49,999
• 3$50,000 to $59,999
• 8$60,000 to $69,999
• 5$70,000 to $79,999
• 4$80,000 to $89,999
• 4$90,000 to $99,999
• 15$100,000 to $124,999
• 2$125,000 to $149,999
• 12$150,000 to $174,999
• 25$200,000 to $249,999
• 31$250,000 to $299,999
• 6$300,000 to $399,999
• 6$500,000 to $749,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 51556

• 2$250 to $299
• 4$300 to $349
• 2$600 to $649
• 2$700 to $749
• 3$750 to $799
• 4No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $926.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $469,541.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $145,452

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $142,842 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $63,794 - $273,157

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $192,923

Here:	$192,923
State:	$245,224

Mobile homes: $27,414

Here:	$27,414
State:	$51,271

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 163
• Two: 2
• 3 or 4: 6
• Mobile homes: 28

Unemployment: 5.4%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 51556

• 74.6%140Drove a car alone
• 2.7%5Carpooled
• 1.1%2Walked
• 22.4%42Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 51556

• 2Less than 5 minutes
• 35 to 9 minutes
• 1710 to 14 minutes
• 1415 to 19 minutes
• 1620 to 24 minutes
• 1625 to 29 minutes
• 430 to 34 minutes
• 1335 to 39 minutes
• 1640 to 44 minutes
• 4345 to 59 minutes
• 560 to 89 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 44.4%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 360

• Male householders: 98 (37 living alone), Female householders: 89 (19 living alone)

• 85 spouses (85 opposite-sex spouses), 16 unmarried partners, (16 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 73 children (71 natural, 2 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives

Size of family households: 88 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 5 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 6 2-persons

19 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (7 men, 7 women).

99.7% of residents of 51556 zip code speak English at home.

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• MODALE COOP ASSN (300 EAST MARTIN STREET in MODALE, IA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Business SIC classification: NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS
  Alternative names: UNITED WESTERN CO-OP, UNITED WESTERN COOPERATIVE

• RAY R LARSEN (S 27 T 79N R 44W in MODALE, IA)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-07-2004-0183, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  

• BROWER CONSTRUCTION CO-FORMER SITE OF (HWY F-50 & I-29 in MODALE, IA)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Business NAICS classification: ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURE AND BLOCK MANUFACTURING.
  

• RAY LARSEN (400 E MARTIN STREET PO BOX 162 in MODALE, IA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS
  

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4.1%

Population in 1990: 505.

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

• This state: 129
• Midwest: 195
• South: 6
• West: 14

59% of the 51556 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Iowa.

99% of the 51556 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

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

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• UNITED WESTERN COOP (300 MARTIN ST in MODALE, IA; small business)

  $44,591 with Defense Logistics Agency for Fuel Oils. Signed on 1999-11-18. Completion date: 2001-05-31.

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

• Wholesale Trade: Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Wholesale Trade: Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers (5-9: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (1-4: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (1-4: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Other Community Housing Services (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 51556 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Donald	6	76.0 years
Charles	4	86.3 years
George	4	78.0 years
Mary	4	81.8 years
Evelyn	4	78.7 years
Melvin	4	73.0 years
Helen	4	80.0 years
William	3	91.0 years
Ray	3	72.6 years
Harold	3	76.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 51556 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Strain	7	77.0 years
Alexander	6	84.7 years
Vittitoe	6	76.5 years
Ford	5	72.8 years
Peterson	5	67.4 years
Layton	5	77.4 years
Cleaver	5	67.2 years
Hillman	4	80.8 years
Jackson	4	80.5 years
Smith	4	76.3 years