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Scott County, IA

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 20 ZIP codes inside Scott County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
20
in this county
Total population
175,133
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
15
distinct city/town names
Avg density
277
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Scott County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
52722 Bettendorf 40,097 588
52806 Davenport 27,814 346
52804 Davenport 27,497 323
52803 Davenport 21,877 1,644
52807 Davenport 15,329 207
52802 Davenport 10,130 375
52748 Eldridge 9,567 92
52753 Le Claire 6,019 94
52726 Blue Grass 5,189 61
52773 Walcott 2,895 20
52756 Long Grove 2,000 17
52768 Princeton 1,418 17
52801 Davenport 1,381 1,377
52746 Donahue 1,138 17
52728 Buffalo 862 108
52769 Stockton 580 5
52745 Dixon 389 6
52765 New Liberty 324 4
52758 McCausland 322 148
52767 Pleasant Valley 305 86

About Scott County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Scott County in Iowa contains roughly 20 ZIP codes spread across 15 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 175,133. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Iowa index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 277, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Scott County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Scott County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.