{
  "zip": "50578",
  "type": "standard",
  "type_source": "inferred",
  "city": "Ringsted",
  "other_place_names": [],
  "state": "IA",
  "state_name": "Iowa",
  "county": {
    "fips": "19063",
    "name": "Emmet County",
    "short_name": "Emmet"
  },
  "counties": [
    {
      "county_fips": "19063",
      "name": "Emmet County",
      "short_name": "Emmet",
      "weight": 0.8955,
      "basis": "land_area"
    },
    {
      "county_fips": "19147",
      "name": "Palo Alto County",
      "short_name": "Palo Alto",
      "weight": 0.1045,
      "basis": "land_area"
    }
  ],
  "location": {
    "lat": 43.306502,
    "lng": -94.549559,
    "source": "gazetteer_internal_point",
    "timezone": "America/Chicago"
  },
  "is_zcta": true,
  "parent_zcta": null,
  "metro": null,
  "demographics": {
    "population": 633,
    "households": 277,
    "housing_units": 351,
    "median_age": 43.1,
    "median_household_income": 71645,
    "median_home_value": 106500,
    "median_rent": 658,
    "pct_bachelors_plus": 22.5,
    "mean_commute_min": 21.6,
    "density_per_sqmi": 9.2
  },
  "business": {
    "establishments": 8,
    "employees": 32,
    "annual_payroll_thousands": 1460
  },
  "tax": {
    "irs_returns": 240,
    "irs_agi_thousands": 19052
  },
  "area": {
    "land_sqmi": 69.064,
    "water_sqmi": 0.033
  },
  "nearest_zips": [
    {
      "zip": "50539",
      "miles": 8.2,
      "city": "Fenton",
      "state": "IA"
    },
    {
      "zip": "50514",
      "miles": 8.4,
      "city": "Armstrong",
      "state": "IA"
    },
    {
      "zip": "51365",
      "miles": 9.2,
      "city": "Wallingford",
      "state": "IA"
    },
    {
      "zip": "51342",
      "miles": 10.3,
      "city": "Graettinger",
      "state": "IA"
    },
    {
      "zip": "50531",
      "miles": 10.6,
      "city": "Dolliver",
      "state": "IA"
    },
    {
      "zip": "50528",
      "miles": 11.7,
      "city": "Cylinder",
      "state": "IA"
    },
    {
      "zip": "50559",
      "miles": 13.2,
      "city": "Lone Rock",
      "state": "IA"
    },
    {
      "zip": "50590",
      "miles": 14.1,
      "city": "Swea City",
      "state": "IA"
    },
    {
      "zip": "51334",
      "miles": 14.4,
      "city": "Estherville",
      "state": "IA"
    },
    {
      "zip": "50536",
      "miles": 15,
      "city": "Emmetsburg",
      "state": "IA"
    }
  ],
  "release": "2026-10-12",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "zipcodes.pro",
    "url": "https://zipcodes.pro/zip/50578",
    "sources_url": "https://zipcodes.pro/sources",
    "license": "Facts derived from US public-domain data (Census, IRS) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Attribution appreciated: zipcodes.pro",
    "note": "A null value means the source did not publish that figure for this ZIP code. It does not mean zero."
  }
}