ZIP code 50675 in Iowa recorded 590 Social Security beneficiaries in December 2024, a reported decrease of 5 from December 2023. ZIP-level counts are controlled-rounded by the Social Security Administration (SSA), generally to the nearest five, and should be considered approximate rather than exact.
The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program, commonly called Social Security, pays monthly benefits to eligible retired and disabled workers, their dependents and survivors of insured workers. Eligibility and benefit amounts depend 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 mainly on limited income and resources and is financed through general federal tax revenues rather than employment taxes.
Retired workers were the largest group in 2024, with a reported count of 475, about 80.5% of the total. The next-largest category was disabled workers, with 45 beneficiaries, representing about 7.6%. Widow(er)s and parents numbered 35, spouses 10 and children 25, corresponding to shares of 5.9%, 1.7% and 4.2%, respectively. Altogether, 505 beneficiaries were 65 or older, comprising around 85.6% of all reported beneficiaries; that total spans all five categories. There were no ties for the largest or second-largest category rankings.
Category-level changes over the year were mixed. Retired workers increased by 10, while disabled workers declined by 5. Widow(er)s and parents fell by 10. Counts for spouses and children were unchanged from the prior December. The reported category figures sum to the ZIP total, but that alignment reflects rounding and is not guaranteed each year.
For December 2024, the ZIP’s total reported monthly benefits were $1.11 million. The approximate average monthly benefit per beneficiary was about $1,888 for the period, based on these source-rounded figures.
Seven published December readings are available for ZIP code 50675 in Iowa, covering 2018 through 2024. The reported beneficiary total in 2024 was modestly lower than in December 2023; earlier years show variation, with counts rising and falling across the period. These numbers reflect the published record for this ZIP code rather than every year the ZIP may have existed, because low-count rows are omitted.
| Beneficiary category | 2024 beneficiaries | 2023 beneficiaries | Change | 2024 share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retired workers | 475 | 465 | +10 | 80.5% |
| Disabled workers | 45 | 50 | -5 | 7.6% |
| Widow(er)s and parents | 35 | 45 | -10 | 5.9% |
| Spouses | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1.7% |
| Children | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4.2% |
| Year | Reported beneficiaries | Annual change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 585 | n/a |
| 2019 | 585 | 0 |
| 2020 | 565 | -20 |
| 2021 | 590 | +25 |
| 2022 | 575 | -15 |
| 2023 | 595 | +20 |
| 2024 | 590 | -5 |
Beneficiary and benefit figures come from OASDI Beneficiaries by State and ZIP Code, 2024, and state population data are from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey. Counts are for beneficiaries in current-payment status in December and assign ZIP code using SSA address records, which may reflect a representative payee’s address. ZIP-level counts are controlled-rounded, generally to the nearest five; category counts are rounded independently and may not sum exactly to the published total. ZIP rows below the SSA publication threshold are omitted, so a missing row signifies unavailable rather than zero, and trends include only published years. National, state-total and field-office rows are excluded as ZIP story subjects; statewide context uses the published state-total record rather than summed ZIP rows. The 51-jurisdiction comparison is a pooled beneficiary-to-population ratio, not a national rate or an unweighted mean of jurisdiction rates.