ZIP 52101 · Decorah
Who lives in ZIP code 52101 (Decorah, IA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Decorah, IA · Winneshiek County
uszips 2026
People12,706
Median age44.0
Household income$73,484
Home value$271,428
Median rent$883/mo
Poverty9.7%
College degree+37.9%
Commute16 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 16 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 5,206
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
25.1% are 65 or older; 84.7% are adults.
Household income
35.5% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $36,514.
Education (adults 25+)
39.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
2.5% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 49.1%
- Never married
- 35.6%
- Divorced
- 8.6%
- Widowed
- 6.7%
- Family size
- 2.77
- Dual-income families
- 56.0%
Housing
- Own their home
- 70.5%
- Rent burden
- 26.4%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 62.6%
- Unemployment
- 3.1%
- Self-employed
- 19.1%
- Farmers
- 10.2%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 31.1%
- Veterans
- 6.9%
- With a disability
- 10.2%
- No health insurance
- 2.8%
- Limited English
- 1.8%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.