Postville vs Waukon

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

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

Waukon has the higher population (3,796 vs 2,787 in Postville). Waukon has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $47,281 in Postville). Waukon has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $100,300 in Postville).

Population, income & housing

	Postville	Waukon
Population	2,787	3,796
Median age	25.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,281	$56,250
Median home value	$100,300	$133,700
Median gross rent	$872	$719
Housing units	980	1,895
Homeownership rate	55.5%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Postville	Waukon
Population	2,547 → 2,787 (+9.4%)	3,671 → 3,796 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $47,281 (-7.7%)	$45,942 → $56,250 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $100,300 (+19.1%)	$110,600 → $133,700 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $872 (+20.8%)	$545 → $719 (+31.9%)

Postville

Population

2,5472,787

Median household income

$51,250$47,281

Median home value

$84,200$100,300

Median gross rent

$722$872

Waukon

Population

3,6713,796

Median household income

$45,942$56,250

Median home value

$110,600$133,700

Median gross rent

$545$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Postville	Waukon
Under 5	8.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	28.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	13.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.1%	12.7%
75 and over	7.8%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Postville	Waukon
White (non-Hispanic)	45.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	10.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	41.6%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Postville	Waukon
No high school diploma	18.8%	9.7%
High school graduate	42.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Postville	Waukon
Drove alone	66.4%	74.9%
Carpooled	13.8%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	6.8%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Postville	Waukon
1-unit, detached	67.4%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	24.7%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Postville	Waukon
Poverty rate	25.6%	11.8%
Average household size	2.93	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1951	1960