Iowa Colony, TX (77583)

Iowa Colony, TX (ZIP 77583) sits in Brazoria County within the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area. The page draws on 2 federal data feeds retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: Obesity comes in above the national average at 38.2%. NCES lists 7 schools serving the area, 7 non-charter. 10 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $2,505. IRS data shows average household income (AGI) of $75,694, well above the ~$45K national average per return. Average annual pay across local establishments runs $93,742 per worker (Census ZBP) — a high-wage local economy. The CDC SVI flags racial & ethnic minority (82th percentile) as this ZIP's standout vulnerability dimension, sitting well above its overall 50th-percentile score. FEMA has issued 36 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1973 — a high-frequency exposure profile. 29.8% 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 gain of 6,901 residents (2,948 households) — the ZIP's primary county is growing. Both healthcare access and on-paper school density skew lighter than national norms; what shows up here is a snapshot, not a verdict — neighborhood-level texture matters at this scale. Notable: median household income $110,852, fair market rent of $1,260 for a two-bedroom, and a typical home value of $321,950, down 3.9% over the past year. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.

Demographics

HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.

Home values

Source: Zillow Research, ZHVI All Homes (SFR, Condo/Co-op) Time Series (zillow.com/research/data). Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) is copyrighted by Zillow, Inc.

New housing construction

Aggregated from 2 counties touching this ZIP (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.

Income & tax statistics

Source: IRS Statistics of Income — Individual Income Tax Statistics by ZIP Code (irs.gov). Public domain. Dollar columns reported in thousands by the IRS; figures here display real dollars. Total ZCTA AGI for the area was $1716.7M across all reported brackets.

Business & employment

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Business Patterns (census.gov). Public domain. ZBP covers establishments with paid employees; Census suppresses employment and payroll values when fewer employers operate in a ZIP than would protect their confidentiality.

Employment & wages

That is roughly 4% above 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

Based on Brazoria County, TX 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.

Alternative-fuel stations

Active public stations only. Snapshot taken 2026; AFDC's underlying registry refreshes continuously as stations open and close.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy via NREL (afdc.energy.gov). Per-ZIP counts of active public alternative-fuel stations (electric, hydrogen, propane, CNG, biodiesel, E85, LNG, renewable diesel) and EV charging-port totals.

Social Vulnerability Index

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.

Federal Disaster Declarations

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.

Air quality

Based on Brazoria County data (2024).

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System (epa.gov). Public domain. Only counties with EPA AQS monitoring stations appear here (~30% of US counties); rural ZIPs whose primary county has no monitor will not show this section.

Community health profile

Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 8.5% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.

Based on Brazoria 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

Among low-income residents, 6.7% 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 Brazoria County, TX 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).

Who’s moving in and out

Incoming households reported an average AGI of $71,157 versus departing households' $71,411.

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.

Data sources used on this page

Health profile

Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.

Schools in this ZIP

7 schools serve this ZIP, including 7 non-charter.

Showing top 5 by enrollment. 2 more schools serve this ZIP.

Schools listed from NCES Common Core of Data via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal.

Colleges & universities nearby

• San Jacinto Community College

  Pasadena, TX · 77505

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $2,490

  Out-of-state tuition

  $6,690

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  32.2%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $43,062

  Median student debt

  $9,500

• Lee College

  Baytown, TX · 77520

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $2,520

  Out-of-state tuition

  $5,190

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  31.5%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $42,178

  Median student debt

  $7,500

• College of the Mainland

  Texas City, TX · 77591

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $2,310

  Out-of-state tuition

  $4,140

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  29.8%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $39,639

  Median student debt

  $5,960

• Alvin Community College

  Alvin, TX · 77511

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $1,906

  Out-of-state tuition

  $4,402

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  24.0%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $45,762

  Median student debt

  $4,519

• Brazosport College

  Lake Jackson, TX · 77566

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $2,388

  Out-of-state tuition

  $4,711

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  46.8%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $45,910

  Median student debt

  $5,641

• Galveston College

  Galveston, TX · 77550

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $2,726

  Out-of-state tuition

  $6,176

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  32.5%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $37,233

  Median student debt

  $10,311

• The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

  Galveston, TX · 77555

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  —

  Out-of-state tuition

  —

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  —

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $92,961

  Median student debt

  $13,396

• Paul Mitchell the School-Clear Lake

  Webster, TX · 77598

  Certificate

  In-state tuition

  —

  Out-of-state tuition

  —

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  83.0%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $27,384

  Median student debt

  $11,336

• Remington College-Houston Southeast Campus

  League City, TX · 77573

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $16,926

  Out-of-state tuition

  $16,926

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  58.9%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $31,349

  Median student debt

  $13,271

• Interactive College of Technology

  Pasadena, TX · 77502

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  $10,970

  Out-of-state tuition

  $10,970

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  34.8%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $27,182

  Median student debt

  $5,353

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Public domain data. Earnings figures reflect median earnings 10 years after entry for federally-aided students.

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