Goodland vs Mount Ayr

A side-by-side comparison of Goodland and Mount Ayr: population, income, housing, and more.

Goodland and Mount Ayr are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Goodland has the higher population (923 vs 93 in Mount Ayr). Goodland has the higher median household income ($56,438 vs $45,000 in Mount Ayr). Goodland has the higher median home value ($92,200 vs $88,500 in Mount Ayr).

Population, income & housing

	Goodland	Mount Ayr
Population	923	93
Median age	50.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,438	$45,000
Median home value	$92,200	$88,500
Median gross rent	$475	—
Housing units	508	47
Homeownership rate	83.8%	97.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodland	Mount Ayr
Population	1,000 → 923 (-7.7%)	110 → 93 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$45,536 → $56,438 (+23.9%)	$37,500 → $45,000 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $92,200 (+25.1%)	$75,800 → $88,500 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $475 (-23.3%)	—

Goodland

Population

1,000923

Median household income

$45,536$56,438

Median home value

$73,700$92,200

Median gross rent

$619$475

Mount Ayr

Population

11093

Median household income

$37,500$45,000

Median home value

$75,800$88,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodland	Mount Ayr
Under 5	3.9%	8.6%
5 to 17	9.2%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	4.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	25.8%
45 to 54	14.5%	4.3%
55 to 64	23.8%	23.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	16.1%
75 and over	6.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodland	Mount Ayr
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodland	Mount Ayr
No high school diploma	13.4%	18.7%
High school graduate	43.4%	66.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodland	Mount Ayr
Drove alone	81.5%	94.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.7%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodland	Mount Ayr
1-unit, detached	88.4%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Goodland	Mount Ayr
Poverty rate	12.5%	22.6%
Average household size	2.10	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	18	14
Median year structure built	1943	1938