Population & age
- Total population
- 59
- Median age
- 61.4
Ricketts, IA (51460)
Crawford County · Population 59
Fresh.Data current as of Apr 24, 2026
Ricketts, IA (ZIP 51460) sits in Crawford County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: High Blood Pressure comes in above the national average at 39.4%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. The CDC SVI flags household composition (79th percentile) as this ZIP's standout vulnerability dimension, sitting well above its overall 39th-percentile score. FEMA has issued 23 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1965 — a high-frequency exposure profile. 32.1% of residents in this county are flagged low-access by USDA's 2025 Food Environment Atlas — a notable supermarket-access gap. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 118 residents (96 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: fair market rent of $920 for a two-bedroom, a 20.3% poverty rate (well above the ~12% US average), and a median home value of $45,000. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
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Demographics
Race & ethnicity
- White
- 98.3%
- Black
- 0.0%
- Asian
- 0.0%
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.4%
- Other / multi-racial
- 1.7%
Income & housing
- Median home value
- $45,000
Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)
- 2.2%
Employment
- Unemployment rate
- 29.2%
Housing
- Owner-occupied
- 24(63.2%)
- Renter-occupied
- 14(36.8%)
- Vacant units
- 12
- Built (median)
- 1941
Commute
- Public transit
- 0(0.0%)
- Work from home
- 0(0.0%)
- Avg commute
- 20.0 min
Economic wellbeing
- Below poverty line
- 12(20.3%)
- Uninsured
- 0(0.0%)
Digital access
- Broadband access
- 29(76.3%)
- No broadband
- 9(23.7%)
Language & nativity
- Foreign-born
- 1(1.7%)
- Non-English at home
- 0(0.0%)
Fair Market Rent
Fresh.HUD SAFMR · May 1, 2026Studio
$680
/month
1 Bed
$790
/month
2 Bed
$920
/month
3 Bed
$1,210
/month
4 Bed
$1,450
/month
HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.
New housing construction
New housing units permitted
16
Across 15 permitted buildings. Total construction value: $7.5M.
Single-family
14
88% of total units
Multifamily (2+ unit)
2
13% of total units
Single-family value
$7.1M
construction value
Multifamily value
$375,000
construction value
Based on county-level data (2024).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.
Employment & wages
Average annual pay
$53,067
Average weekly wage
$1,021
Total employment
6,524
Total establishments
514
That is roughly 19% below the US national average of $65,470 per worker.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.1%
That tracks the US national unemployment rate of about 4.0%.
Labor force
8,366
Employed
8,020
Unemployed
346
Based on Crawford County, IA data (2024).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.
Federal Disaster Declarations
Federally Declared Disasters
23
Date Range
1965–2025
Most Recent Declaration
SEVERE WINTER STORM
Winter Storm — declared May 21, 2025 (DR-4870)
Incident period: March 19, 2025 – March 19, 2025
Top Incident Types
- Severe Storm9 (39%)
- Flood8 (35%)
- Biological2 (9%)
- Winter Storm1 (4%)
- Tornado1 (4%)
- Other2 (9%)
Individual Assistance
9
Direct help to disaster survivors
Households Program
3
Housing & temporary lodging support
Public Assistance
21
Repair of public facilities & roads
Hazard Mitigation
9
Funding to reduce future disaster risk
FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.
Climate
30-year averages (1991-2020) from the nearest GHCN-D weather station. Temperature and precipitation values reflect typical annual conditions, not any single year.
Avg. temperature
47.2°F
36° – 58.3°
Annual precipitation
32.2"
Annual snowfall
31.1"
Heating · cooling days
7,195.2 · 737.9
Annual base 65°F
Nearest station: MAPLETON NO.2, IA US, 11.1 miles from the centroid of Ricketts, IA (ZIP 51460)
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals (ncei.noaa.gov). Public domain.
Community health profile
Years of potential life lost (per 100K)
6,563
That is roughly 1,637 years per 100,000 below the national county median (~8,200).
Premature death is the headline composite outcome CHR reports — age-adjusted, all-cause, before age 75.
Fair or poor health
20%
of adults self-report
Poor physical health days
4.3
avg per adult per month
Poor mental health days
5.0
avg per adult per month
Uninsured
9.8%
of residents under 65
Primary care MDs
19
per 100,000 residents
Preventable hospital stays
3,096
per 100K Medicare enrollees
Food environment (0-10)
7.2
10 = best access & security
Exercise access
63%
residents near a facility
Flu vaccinated
43%
of Medicare enrollees
Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 6.9% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.
Based on Crawford data (2025 CHR release).
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.
Food access
Food access status
Significant food access concerns
32.1% of Crawford County, IA residents live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket.
Grocery stores
0.30
per 1,000 residents
Supercenters & clubs
—
per 1,000 residents
SNAP-authorized stores
0.73
accepting food benefits
Fast-food restaurants
0.54
per 1,000 residents
Among low-income residents, 11.4% are low-access — those without a supermarket within 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural).
Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in Crawford County, IA for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).
Safety
FBI publishes crime data at the county level. Numbers below cover the primary county that contains this ZIP. Rates are per 100,000 residents in the area covered by reporting agencies.
Violent crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 2 reports
Property crime rate
—
per 100K residents · 12 reports
Homicide
0
Robbery
0
Burglary
3
Vehicle theft
7
County-level data for Crawford (2024)
Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (cde.ucr.cjis.gov). Public domain. Coverage varies by reporting agency; areas with partial agency coverage may understate true crime totals.
Who’s moving in and out
Net migration (2022-2023)
▼−118 people
−96 households • −$5.8M net AGI flow
Moved in
411households
735 people • $18.1M AGI
Moved out
507households
853 people • $23.8M AGI
Where new residents came from
- Carroll County, IA — 36 households
- Shelby County, IA — 20 households
Where departing residents went
- Carroll County, IA — 47 households
- Polk County, IA — 32 households
- Douglas County, NE — 28 households
- Woodbury County, IA — 24 households
Incoming households reported an average AGI of $43,925 versus departing households' $46,968.
Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.
Taxes & benefits in Iowa
State-level rules that apply to every resident of ZIP 51460. Numbers reflect the most recent published year per source.
Tax rates
Income tax
Yes
graduated
Sales tax (combined)
6.94%
State 6.00% · avg local 0.94%
Property tax (effective)
1.54%
Median $1,695/year
Tax burden rank
37 of 50
11.00% of personal income
For ZIP 51460: Applied to this ZIP's typical home value of $45,000, that works out to roughly $695/year in property tax.
Paid family leave
Program
No program
No program
Safety net
SNAP eligibility
160% FPL
Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (raises gross income limit above federal 130% floor). Asset limit $15,000.
Sources: Tax Foundation (state tax rates & brackets), Bipartisan Policy Center (paid family leave), USDA FNS (SNAP categorical eligibility).
Other ZIPs near 51460
Nearby ZIPs by distance
51439 (Charter Oak, 3.5 mi) · 51461 (Schleswig, 5.7 mi) · 51060 (Ute, 8.5 mi) · 51034 (Mapleton, 11.4 mi) · 51006 (Battle Creek, 12.5 mi) · 51019 (Danbury, 12.5 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
Data sources used on this page
All data on this page is sourced from federal government datasets · Not AI-generated · Methodology
Health profile
Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.
Obesity
40.2%
7.2pp above the 33.0% national rate.
High Blood Pressure
39.4%
7.4pp above the 32.0% national rate.
Depression
19.2%
2.8pp below the 22.0% national rate.
Annual Checkup
79.4%
3.4pp above the 76.0% national rate.
Health Insurance
8.4%
4.6pp below the 13.0% national rate.
Diabetes
13.6%
2.6pp above the 11.0% national rate.
What these numbers say together
Ricketts, IA (ZIP 51460) sits in Crawford County. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: High Blood Pressure comes in above the national average at 39.4%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. The CDC SVI flags household composition (79th percentile) as this ZIP's standout vulnerability dimension, sitting well above its overall 39th-percentile score. FEMA has issued 23 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1965 — a high-frequency exposure profile. 32.1% of residents in this county are flagged low-access by USDA's 2025 Food Environment Atlas — a notable supermarket-access gap. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 118 residents (96 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: fair market rent of $920 for a two-bedroom, a 20.3% poverty rate (well above the ~12% US average), and a median home value of $45,000. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
The two domains pull in different directions. Healthcare access reads strong, but the on-paper school count is on the lighter side — that’s less a quality signal and more a density one. Households here often look at districts a few ZIPs over for school choice while keeping their providers local.
One concrete reading worth keeping: Depression prevalence sits lower the national rate at 19.2%. Each figure on this page links to the original federal dataset with its retrieval date — this synthesis is a reading, not a substitute for the underlying records.
Frequently Asked Questions — ZIP 51460
What is the obesity rate in ZIP 51460?
40.2%, which is 7.2 percentage points above the national average of 33.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the depression rate in ZIP 51460?
19.2%, which is 2.8 percentage points below the national average of 22.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the high blood pressure rate in ZIP 51460?
39.4%, which is 7.4 percentage points above the national average of 32.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the population of ZIP 51460?
59 people live in ZIP 51460, with a median age of 61.4 (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
Is ZIP 51460 mostly renters or homeowners?
In ZIP 51460, 63.2% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied and 36.8% are renter-occupied (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How do people commute in ZIP 51460?
In ZIP 51460, 0.0% of workers work from home. Public transit is used by 0.0% of commuters (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What is the poverty rate in ZIP 51460?
20.3% of the population in ZIP 51460 lives below the federal poverty line (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What percentage of households in ZIP 51460 have broadband internet?
76.3% of households in ZIP 51460 have broadband internet access (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How vulnerable is ZIP 51460 to disasters and public health emergencies?
According to the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (2022), ZIP 51460 ranks in the 39th percentile nationally for social vulnerability — a moderate vulnerability profile (retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the biggest vulnerability factor in ZIP 51460?
Household Characteristics is the highest-scoring CDC SVI theme for ZIP 51460, ranking in the 79th percentile nationally (CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022, retrieved May 3, 2026).
How many federally declared disasters has ZIP 51460 experienced?
FEMA has recorded 23 federal disaster declarations affecting ZIP 51460 between 1965–2025 (FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What kinds of disasters most often hit ZIP 51460?
Severe Storm is the most common federally declared disaster type affecting ZIP 51460, accounting for 9 of 23 declarations (39%, FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What was the most recent disaster declared for ZIP 51460?
The most recent FEMA disaster declaration affecting ZIP 51460 was "SEVERE WINTER STORM" — a winter storm declared in 2025 (DR-4870) (FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the climate like in ZIP 51460?
ZIP 51460 has an average annual temperature of 47.2°F and 32.2" of annual precipitation based on the MAPLETON NO.2, IA US weather station 11.1 miles from the ZIP centroid (NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, retrieved May 8, 2026).
What taxes apply in ZIP 51460?
Iowa has a graduated income tax with a top rate of unspecified. Combined sales tax: 6.94% (Tax Foundation 2025).
Does Iowa have paid family leave?
Iowa has no state paid family leave program (Bipartisan Policy Center 2026).
What data is available for ZIP 51460?
This page covers health outcomes from CDC PLACES (40 metrics), demographics from the Census ACS 5-Year (2022), social vulnerability scores from the CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022), federal disaster declarations from FEMA OpenFEMA (23 on record), climate normals from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020), county-level crime data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024), and state-level tax rates from the Tax Foundation. Data is refreshed on Mubboo's standard schedule.
How current is this data?
Health data retrieved Apr 24, 2026 from CDC PLACES. Demographics retrieved Apr 30, 2026 from Census ACS 5-Year (2022). Social vulnerability scores retrieved May 3, 2026 from CDC/ATSDR SVI (2022). Federal disaster declarations retrieved May 3, 2026 from FEMA OpenFEMA (23 on record). Climate normals retrieved May 8, 2026 from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020). County-level crime data retrieved May 4, 2026 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (2024). State-level tax rates retrieved 2026-05-05 15:58:22.284+00 from the Tax Foundation.
Other ZIPs near 51460
Nearby ZIPs by distance
51439 (Charter Oak, 3.5 mi) · 51461 (Schleswig, 5.7 mi) · 51060 (Ute, 8.5 mi) · 51034 (Mapleton, 11.4 mi) · 51006 (Battle Creek, 12.5 mi) · 51019 (Danbury, 12.5 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
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Data refreshed via Mubboo's ETL pipeline; oldest source on this page retrieved Apr 24, 2026.
Social Vulnerability Index
Overall SVI
39th percentile
Moderate Vulnerability
Based on 1 census tract, population 7
Vulnerability Themes
Persons with Disability
1
Without Health Insurance
1
Adults Age 65+
1
The Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. Census data to identify communities most at risk during public health emergencies and natural disasters. Higher percentiles indicate greater vulnerability. Tract-level scores are aggregated to this ZCTA via Census 2020 ZCTA→Tract crosswalk, weighted by land-area share. Source: atsdr.cdc.gov. Public domain.