Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/51459

51459

ZIP 51459 is Ralston, Iowa, in Carroll County; area code 712; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Carroll
Metro area
Carroll, IA
Population
54
Coordinates
42.0450, -94.6378
☼ Live from 51459 — Ralston, IA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 51459 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 51459
  • 🔢 Type 51459 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GShIS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 51,459 = 3 × 17 × 1009. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100100100000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 51458 (Odebolt, IA, 36 mi away) and 51460 (Ricketts, IA, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 51459 becomes 95415 — and that is a real ZIP code: Boonville, CA, 1,516 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14559, 15459, 15549, 15945, 15954, 19455, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95415 in Boonville, CA, 1,516 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 68%.
  • 🎯256 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 51459 and you would come out at 42.04°S, 85.36°E — 886 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.
  • 📏 At 0.552 square miles of land, 51459 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 267 football fields.
🌙 The sky over 51459 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population54This ZIP54
Households22This ZIP22
Housing units26This ZIP26
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$63,333This ZIP$63,333Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$75,000This ZIP$75,000Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Mean commute20.2 minThis ZIP20.2 min
Population density97.8 / sq miThis ZIP97.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees72This ZIP72
Annual payroll$6,987,000This ZIP$6,987,000

Land area

Land area0.55 sq miThis ZIP0.55 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 51459

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 51459

ZIPCityDistance
51443 Glidden, IA 3.5 mi
51462 Scranton, IA 4.7 mi
51452 Lidderdale, IA 9.2 mi
51451 Lanesboro, IA 10.1 mi
50050 Churdan, IA 10.5 mi
51401 Carroll, IA 12.0 mi
50059 Cooper, IA 12.4 mi
51440 Dedham, IA 12.9 mi
50058 Coon Rapids, IA 13.4 mi
50129 Jefferson, IA 13.6 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 51459 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 51459?

51459 is in Ralston, Iowa, in Carroll County, part of the Carroll, IA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0450, -94.6378.

What county is 51459 in?

51459 lies in Carroll County.

What area code is 51459?

Ralston uses area code 712, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 51459 in?

51459 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 51459?

About 54 people live in ZIP code 51459, in 22 households, at 97.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 51459?

$63,333 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 51459?

The closest are 51443 (3.5 mi), 51462 (4.7 mi), 51452 (9.2 mi), 51451 (10.1 mi) and 50050 (10.5 mi).

Is 51459 a PO Box ZIP code?

51459 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “51459 ZIP Code — Ralston, Iowa (Carroll County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/51459

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/51459.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.