ZIP code · Prairie City · Iowa · United States
ZIP code 50228 — Prairie City
ZIP code 50228 serves Prairie City, Iowa.
- Postal code
- 50228Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Prairie City
- County
- Jasper FIPS 19099
- State
- Iowa
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 41.5854, -93.2410 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 2,345 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 34 / sq mi
- Land area
- 69.3 sq mi (179.6 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $89,511
- Per-capita income
- $38,969
- Median age
- 39
- Households
- 843
- Housing units
- 891
- Median home value
- $197,200
- Median gross rent
- $796 / month
- Congressional district
- IA-1 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 5b (-15 to -10 °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
- 515Telephone 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 50228
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 84°F), coldest Jan (avg low 13°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 30 | 35 | 49 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 63 | 48 | 35 |
| Avg low °F | 13 | 17 | 28 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 64 | 61 | 53 | 41 | 29 | 19 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: DES MOINES 17 E (3.0 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 50228
- 3 schools
- 1 doctors & dentists
- 2 restaurants & cafés
- 2 bars & pubs
- 3 parks
- 1 playgrounds
- 1 gyms & sports centres
- 1 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 7 places of worship
- 1 banks
- 1 gas stations
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