ZIP codes in Mahaska County
20 ZIPs touch Mahaska County, Iowa. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
20
ZIP codes
16
cross the county line
75,234
people in these ZIPs
99
counties in IA
Most people
Mahaska County ZIP list
More counties in Iowa
- Lee County14
- Linn County38
- Louisa County13
- Lucas County9
- Lyon County12
- Madison County15
- Marion County19
- Marshall County21
- Mills County11
- Mitchell County13
- Monona County15
- Monroe County7
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in Mahaska County, Iowa?
20 ZIP codes reach into Mahaska County. 16 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in Mahaska County has the most people?
52501 (Ottumwa) has about 30,371 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Mahaska County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in Mahaska 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 Mahaska 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