| City: | Des Moines, Iowa |
| Names to Avoid: | Communications Data Service |
| County: | Polk County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:51:46 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 515 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 41.6007, -93.6088 |
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates a lockbox under dedicated ZIP code 50947 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. This postal designation serves as a centralized payment processing address for inmate trust fund deposits, allowing families to send funds to incarcerated individuals via money orders. The lockbox at P.O. Box 474701 processes financial transactions for federal inmates nationwide.
Postal records show the Federal Bureau of Prisons as the sole building on file, with mail routing through a data processing service (CDS) for payment handling. The "Communications Data Service" entity alias was added in August 2012, reflecting the payment processing partnership. This has been a dedicated postal designation for over two decades. Des Moines serves as the valid mailing city for correspondence sent to this ZIP code.
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 50947 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 50947 is located in Polk County, Iowa, within the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 19780) and Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 720,331 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 50947. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 19780Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 720,331Source: Census |
| MSA: | Des Moines, IA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 03Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 8789.62 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1921000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Des Moines city; IowaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 50947 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.