ZIP code · Alvord · Iowa · United States
ZIP code 51230 — Alvord
ZIP code 51230 serves Alvord, Iowa.
- Postal code
- 51230Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Alvord
- County
- Lyon FIPS 19119
- State
- Iowa
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 43.3201, -96.2910 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 517 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 22 / sq mi
- Land area
- 23.6 sq mi (61 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $77,750
- Per-capita income
- $28,116
- Median age
- 47.8
- Households
- 199
- Housing units
- 215
- Median home value
- $189,800
- Congressional district
- IA-4 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 5a (-20 to -15 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/Chicago (UTC−6 / UTC−5 DST)
- Area code
- 712Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 51230
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 85°F), coldest Jan (avg low 6°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 25 | 30 | 43 | 58 | 70 | 81 | 85 | 82 | 75 | 61 | 44 | 30 |
| Avg low °F | 6 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 58 | 62 | 59 | 50 | 36 | 23 | 12 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: ROCK RAPIDS (9.8 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 51230
- 1 parks
- 1 post offices
- 1 places of worship
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page