ZIP 50249 · Stratford
Who lives in ZIP code 50249 (Stratford, IA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Stratford, IA · Hamilton County
uszips 2026
People1,312
Median age58.6
Household income$60,761
Home value$130,163
Median rent$625/mo
Poverty7.4%
College degree+17.4%
Commute25 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 6 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 610
Spans 3 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
35.4% are 65 or older; 80.2% are adults.
Household income
29.3% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $35,781.
Education (adults 25+)
42.2% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 55.4%
- Never married
- 18.7%
- Divorced
- 11.7%
- Widowed
- 14.2%
- Family size
- 2.61
- Dual-income families
- 54.7%
Housing
- Own their home
- 84.9%
- Rent burden
- 14.6%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 54.4%
- Unemployment
- 0.9%
- Self-employed
- 19.3%
- Farmers
- 14.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 15.8%
- Veterans
- 8.4%
- With a disability
- 14.7%
- No health insurance
- 2.3%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.