Des Moines Iowa ZIP Codes

Des Moines holds 57 ZIP codes, spread across 2 postal prefixes.

Every ZIP code in Des Moines

The complete list of Des Moines, Iowa ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP codeCounty
50301Polk County
50302Polk County
50303Polk County
50304Polk County
50305Polk County
50306Polk County
50307Polk County
50308Polk County
50309Polk County
50310Polk County
50311Polk County
50312Polk County
50313Polk County
50314Polk County
50315Polk County
50316Polk County
50317Polk County
50318Polk County
50319Polk County
50320Polk County
50321Polk County
50328Polk County
50329Polk County
50330Polk County
50331Polk County
50332Polk County
50333Polk County
50334Polk County
50335Polk County
50336Polk County
50339Polk County
50340Polk County
50359Polk County
50360Polk County
50361Polk County
50362Polk County
50363Polk County
50364Polk County
50367Polk County
50368Polk County
50369Polk County
50380Polk County
50381Polk County
50391Polk County
50392Polk County
50393Polk County
50394Polk County
50395Polk County
50396Polk County
50936Polk County
50940Polk County
50947Polk County
50950Polk County
50980Polk County
50981Polk County
50982Polk County
50983Polk County

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the Des Moines codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Des Moines. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated . ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

How these codes cluster

Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for a region, and Des Moines does not sit inside just one of them: its codes are split between 2 prefixes, so the city is served by more than one processing centre.

How Des Moines’s ZIP codes divide across the three-digit prefixes, with each prefix’s statewide size for scale.
Prefix In Des Moines In Iowa
503xx 49 55
509xx 8 8

Every Iowa ZIP prefix and the region it covers →

Area codes covering Des Moines

ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The code below serves the same ground Des Moines occupies.

Des Moines Iowa area codes in full →

Where Des Moines's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one Des Moines ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates. The outline is the convex envelope of those points — a footprint, not a boundary.
  • Reference points and footprint
  • Not an official NANPA boundary
  • Not a USPS delivery area

Cities near Des Moines

The closest places to Des Moines with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
CityDistanceZIP codes
Pleasant Hill Iowa ZIP codes5.7 mi1 ZIP code
Windsor Heights Iowa ZIP codes5.7 mi1 ZIP code
Carlisle Iowa ZIP codes7.1 mi1 ZIP code
Norwalk Iowa ZIP codes7.6 mi1 ZIP code
Altoona Iowa ZIP codes8.6 mi1 ZIP code
West Des Moines Iowa ZIP codes9.0 mi2 ZIP codes
Urbandale Iowa ZIP codes9.8 mi3 ZIP codes
Cumming Iowa ZIP codes9.9 mi1 ZIP code

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance.