ZIP codes in Clay County
17 ZIPs touch Clay County, Iowa. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
17
ZIP codes
11
cross the county line
23,490
people in these ZIPs
99
counties in IA
Most people
Clay County ZIP list
More counties in Iowa
- Cass County13
- Cedar County18
- Cerro Gordo County18
- Cherokee County15
- Chickasaw County10
- Clarke County9
- Clayton County24
- Clinton County24
- Crawford County21
- Dallas County25
- Davis County10
- Decatur County11
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in Clay County, Iowa?
17 ZIP codes reach into Clay County. 11 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in Clay County has the most people?
51301 (Spencer) has about 12,638 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Clay County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in Clay County and another county?
Yes. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not county lines. Rows marked with a percentage show how much of that ZIP’s land is in Clay County. For one address, pin the exact spot on the ZIP finder to see its county.
Where does this list come from?
ZIP areas and their county overlaps come from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. PO Box ZIPs have no area, so each is placed in the county of the ZIP area nearest the town it serves.
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Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from