ZIP codes in Hancock County

13 ZIPs touch Hancock County, Iowa. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.

13

ZIP codes

9

cross the county line

18,347

people in these ZIPs

99

counties in IA

Most people

Hancock County ZIP list

Questions people actually ask

How many ZIP codes are in Hancock County, Iowa?

13 ZIP codes reach into Hancock County. 9 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.

Which ZIP code in Hancock County has the most people?

50436 (Forest City) has about 5,771 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Hancock County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.

Can a ZIP code be in Hancock 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 Hancock 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.

Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from