ZIP code 50672 in Iowa had 175 Social Security beneficiaries in December 2024

ZIP code 50672 in Iowa had a reported total of 175 Social Security beneficiaries in December 2024, up five from the prior December. As with all ZIP-level counts, these beneficiary figures are controlled-rounded by the Social Security Administration—generally to the nearest multiple of five—so the numbers are approximate rather than exact.

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program, commonly known as Social Security, pays monthly benefits to eligible retired and disabled workers, their dependents and survivors of insured workers. Eligibility and benefit amounts are based on a worker’s Social Security-covered earnings and contributions rather than financial need. OASDI is separate from Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, which provides benefits based largely on limited income and resources and is funded through general federal tax revenues rather than employment taxes.

In December 2024, among the five reported categories of beneficiaries, “Retired workers” accounted for the largest share at 140, constituting approximately 80%. “Disabled workers” followed with a reported 15, or about 8.6%. “Widow(er)s and parents” and “Children” each had about 10 beneficiaries, or 5.7% apiece. The “Spouses” category was reported as zero in December 2024. “Retired workers” remained the largest group, with “Disabled workers” the second-largest. By age, those aged 65 or older across all categories were recorded as 145, representing about 82.9% of the ZIP’s total Social Security beneficiaries; this age measure spans the five categories and is not an additional group.

Over the year, the “Retired workers” category rose by 10, a 7.7% increase. “Disabled workers,” “Widow(er)s and parents,” and “Children” categories showed no change from the prior December. The “Spouses” category fell by five, with the count reported as zero for December 2024. Because rounding is applied independently, small changes may be absorbed in this process, and the category figures for this year sum to the reported total—a result that is not guaranteed every year.

For December 2024, reported total Social Security benefits paid in ZIP code 50672 were $323,000 for the month. The approximate average monthly benefit per beneficiary was about $1,846; both figures are source-rounded and should be interpreted as approximate.

Published December totals from 2018 through 2024 provide seven years of readings for ZIP code 50672. The beneficiary count rose over that span, from 160 in 2018 and 2019 to 165 from 2020 through 2022, then 170 in 2023 and 175 in 2024. These results reflect only the years the ZIP code met the SSA’s publication threshold and do not necessarily cover every year the ZIP code has existed.

At the state level, Iowa had a reported total of 701,239 Social Security beneficiaries in December 2024, up 13,609 from the prior December. Because of rounding conventions for smaller ZIPs, the share attributed to ZIP code 50672 is reported as approximately 0% of the statewide total. The ZIP tied for 575th place out of 969 published ZIP codes in the state, sharing the rank with 11 other ZIP codes; the universe is limited to published entries. Statewide, Iowa reported a rate of 218.4 Social Security beneficiaries per 1,000 residents in 2024. That rate is above the pooled rate of 200.2 per 1,000 across the 50 states and the District of Columbia, calculated from summed beneficiary and population counts for 2024. State population figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 results. SSA ZIP code assignments are based on address records and may reflect a representative payee’s address rather than the beneficiary’s physical residence.

Beneficiary and benefit figures are drawn from OASDI Beneficiaries by State and ZIP Code, 2024, and state population data are from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey. Counts refer to Social Security beneficiaries in current-payment status for December, with ZIP Codes assigned from SSA address records, which may list a representative payee’s address rather than the beneficiary’s. All ZIP-level counts are controlled-rounded to the nearest five; categories are rounded independently and may not sum exactly to the published total. Rows below publication thresholds are omitted, so absence means unavailable, and presented trends include only published years. National, state-total, and field-office rows are excluded as ZIP story subjects; statewide totals are those published by SSA, not sums of ZIP rows. The 51-jurisdiction rate comparison is a pooled ratio of summed beneficiaries to summed population, not a national rate or the mean of state rates.