ZIP code 52215 in Iowa had 205 Social Security beneficiaries in December 2024

ZIP code 52215 in Iowa had a reported total of 205 Social Security beneficiaries in December 2024, an increase of 15 from the prior December. That change represents a 7.9% rise; because ZIP-level counts are controlled-rounded by the SSA, all such figures are approximate.

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program, commonly known as Social Security, pays monthly benefits to qualified retired and disabled workers, their dependents and survivors of insured workers. Eligibility and benefit amounts are determined by 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 mainly based on limited income and resources and is funded through general federal tax revenues rather than employment taxes.

The 205 beneficiaries included 170 retired workers, 15 disabled workers, 10 widow(er)s and parents, 5 spouses and 5 children. Retired workers represented about 82.9% of the total, and disabled workers about 7.3%. Retired workers and disabled workers were the largest and second-largest categories, respectively. Across the five categories, 170 beneficiaries were age 65 or older, accounting for about 82.9% of the total; that percentage overlaps the listed categories and is not a separate count.

Category-level changes from the prior year included 10 more retired workers (up 6.3%) and 5 more disabled workers (a reported gain of 50%). Counts for widow(er)s and parents, spouses and children were unchanged from the prior year. Each category is rounded independently, so category totals may not always add exactly to the reported total; in this case they do.

In December 2024, Social Security benefits paid in ZIP code 52215 totaled a reported $370,000. The approximate average monthly benefit per beneficiary was about $1,805, based on rounded figures. Both amounts reflect one month’s payments.

There are seven published December readings for this ZIP code, covering 2018 through 2024. The 2024 beneficiary count of 205 is the highest in this published series, which began at 175 in 2018. Yearly figures are those in the SSA’s published record; not every year appears, and publication depends on minimum thresholds.

Statewide, Iowa reported 701,239 Social Security beneficiaries in December 2024, an increase of 13,609 from the previous year. ZIP code 52215’s share was too small to register a percentage after rounding. Among published Iowa ZIP code rows, it tied for 529th out of 969, a rank shared by 10 ZIP codes. Statewide there were 218.4 Social Security beneficiaries per 1,000 Iowa residents, based on 2024 U.S. Census Bureau estimates. That rate exceeded the pooled ratio of 200.2 beneficiaries per 1,000 residents across the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Statewide figures use the SSA-provided state-total record rather than sums of ZIP code rows. ZIP code assignment is based on SSA address records, which may reflect a representative payee’s address in some cases.

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 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; categories 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 indicates 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.