ZIP code · Rockwell City · Iowa · United States
ZIP code 50579 — Rockwell City
ZIP code 50579 serves Rockwell City, Iowa.
- Postal code
- 50579Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Rockwell City
- County
- Calhoun FIPS 19025
- State
- Iowa
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 42.3961, -94.6292 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 3,176 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 23 / sq mi
- Land area
- 140.6 sq mi (364.1 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $69,464
- Per-capita income
- $32,973
- Median age
- 40.2
- Households
- 1,091
- Housing units
- 1,378
- Median home value
- $136,800
- Median gross rent
- $760 / month
- 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
- 515 (from the nearest rate centre)Telephone 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 50579
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 83°F), coldest Jan (avg low 8°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 27 | 31 | 45 | 59 | 70 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 46 | 32 |
| Avg low °F | 8 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 49 | 60 | 63 | 61 | 51 | 38 | 25 | 15 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: ROCKWELL CITY (0.1 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 50579
- 2 schools
- 1 doctors & dentists
- 3 restaurants & cafés
- 7 parks
- 1 playgrounds
- 2 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 7 places of worship
- 1 gas stations
- 2 police & fire 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