ZIP 50424 · Buffalo Center
Who lives in ZIP code 50424 (Buffalo Center, IA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Buffalo Center, IA · Winnebago County
uszips 2026
People1,441
Median age52.3
Household income$59,091
Home value$104,784
Median rent$628/mo
Poverty7.9%
College degree+26.2%
Commute18 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 4 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 688
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
26.2% are 65 or older; 81.5% are adults.
Household income
27.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $36,555.
Education (adults 25+)
43.6% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 54.7%
- Never married
- 22.3%
- Divorced
- 15.0%
- Widowed
- 8.1%
- Family size
- 2.76
- Dual-income families
- 60.0%
Housing
- Own their home
- 70.8%
- Rent burden
- 19.2%
- Men / women
- 52% / 48%
Work
- In labor force
- 57.5%
- Unemployment
- 6.8%
- Self-employed
- 26.5%
- Farmers
- 20.6%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 19.1%
- Veterans
- 11.0%
- With a disability
- 16.3%
- No health insurance
- 4.0%
- Limited English
- 0.6%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.