ZIP 50662 · Oelwein
Who lives in ZIP code 50662 (Oelwein, IA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Oelwein, IA · Fayette County
uszips 2026
People6,576
Median age43.3
Household income$48,646
Home value$122,414
Median rent$857/mo
Poverty17.1%
College degree+17.4%
Commute23 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 36 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,937
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
22.9% are 65 or older; 77.9% are adults.
Household income
18.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $33,041.
Education (adults 25+)
46.8% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.2% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 47.3%
- Never married
- 26.5%
- Divorced
- 16.1%
- Widowed
- 10.1%
- Family size
- 2.90
- Dual-income families
- 34.7%
Housing
- Own their home
- 77.7%
- Rent burden
- 34.4%
- Men / women
- 48% / 52%
Work
- In labor force
- 54.5%
- Unemployment
- 6.6%
- Self-employed
- 10.8%
- Farmers
- 3.4%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 12.5%
- Veterans
- 11.3%
- With a disability
- 20.7%
- No health insurance
- 6.0%
- Limited English
- 0.3%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.