Cincinnati vs Mystic

A side-by-side comparison of Cincinnati and Mystic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mystic has the higher population (257 vs 201 in Cincinnati). Cincinnati has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $42,222 in Mystic). Mystic has the higher median home value ($56,900 vs $42,500 in Cincinnati).

Population, income & housing

	Cincinnati	Mystic
Population	201	257
Median age	53.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$42,222
Median home value	$42,500	$56,900
Median gross rent	$817	$621
Housing units	112	147
Homeownership rate	85.7%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cincinnati	Mystic
Population	340 → 201 (-40.9%)	364 → 257 (-29.4%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $43,750 (-12.5%)	$31,458 → $42,222 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$52,800 → $42,500 (-19.5%)	$44,700 → $56,900 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $817 (+34.4%)	$343 → $621 (+81.0%)

Cincinnati

Population

340201

Median household income

$50,000$43,750

Median home value

$52,800$42,500

Median gross rent

$608$817

Mystic

Population

364257

Median household income

$31,458$42,222

Median home value

$44,700$56,900

Median gross rent

$343$621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cincinnati	Mystic
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	25.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	6.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	5.8%
55 to 64	19.4%	21.0%
65 to 74	16.9%	10.9%
75 and over	8.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cincinnati	Mystic
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cincinnati	Mystic
No high school diploma	26.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	40.4%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cincinnati	Mystic
Drove alone	80.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	14.5%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cincinnati	Mystic
1-unit, detached	73.2%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.2%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Cincinnati	Mystic
Poverty rate	17.4%	9.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1958	1938