ZIP codes in Polk County
88 ZIPs touch Polk County, Iowa. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
88
ZIP codes
20
cross the county line
576,777
people in these ZIPs
99
counties in IA
Most people
Polk County ZIP list
More counties in Iowa
- O'Brien County14
- Osceola County8
- Page County14
- Palo Alto County14
- Plymouth County15
- Pocahontas County16
- Pottawattamie County26
- Poweshiek County17
- Ringgold County12
- Sac County16
- Scott County25
- Shelby County19
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in Polk County, Iowa?
88 ZIP codes reach into Polk County, including 46 PO Box or single-address ZIPs placed by the town they serve. 20 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in Polk County has the most people?
50023 (Ankeny) has about 46,306 residents, the most of any ZIP touching Polk County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in Polk 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 Polk 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