Harpers Ferry vs Postville

A side-by-side comparison of Harpers Ferry and Postville: population, income, housing, and more.

Harpers Ferry and Postville are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Postville has the higher population (2,787 vs 210 in Harpers Ferry). Postville has the higher median household income ($47,281 vs $37,813 in Harpers Ferry). Harpers Ferry has the higher median home value ($165,100 vs $100,300 in Postville).

Population, income & housing

	Harpers Ferry	Postville
Population	210	2,787
Median age	66.6 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,813	$47,281
Median home value	$165,100	$100,300
Median gross rent	$700	$872
Housing units	613	980
Homeownership rate	95.3%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harpers Ferry	Postville
Population	241 → 210 (-12.9%)	2,547 → 2,787 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$51,500 → $37,813 (-26.6%)	$51,250 → $47,281 (-7.7%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $165,100 (+32.6%)	$84,200 → $100,300 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $700 (+13.1%)	$722 → $872 (+20.8%)

Harpers Ferry

Population

241210

Median household income

$51,500$37,813

Median home value

$124,500$165,100

Median gross rent

$619$700

Postville

Population

2,5472,787

Median household income

$51,250$47,281

Median home value

$84,200$100,300

Median gross rent

$722$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harpers Ferry	Postville
Under 5	2.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	3.8%	28.7%
18 to 24	1.4%	13.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	8.8%
35 to 44	4.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	6.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	7.5%
65 to 74	41.4%	5.1%
75 and over	16.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harpers Ferry	Postville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	45.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harpers Ferry	Postville
No high school diploma	3.6%	18.8%
High school graduate	36.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harpers Ferry	Postville
Drove alone	81.8%	66.4%
Carpooled	1.1%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	11.4%	8.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harpers Ferry	Postville
1-unit, detached	40.3%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	24.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Harpers Ferry	Postville
Poverty rate	12.9%	25.6%
Average household size	1.63	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	37	21
Median year structure built	1989	1951