Exline vs Rathbun

A side-by-side comparison of Exline and Rathbun: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Exline has the higher population (96 vs 36 in Rathbun). Rathbun has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $36,250 in Exline). Exline has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $55,000 in Rathbun).

Population, income & housing

	Exline	Rathbun
Population	96	36
Median age	54.3 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$72,500
Median home value	$75,000	$55,000
Median gross rent	$933	—
Housing units	53	42
Homeownership rate	72.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exline	Rathbun
Population	186 → 96 (-48.4%)	57 → 36 (-36.8%)
Median household income	$31,125 → $36,250 (+16.5%)	$35,909 → $72,500 (+101.9%)
Median home value	$41,000 → $75,000 (+82.9%)	$61,400 → $55,000 (-10.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $933 (+38.2%)	—

Exline

Population

18696

Median household income

$31,125$36,250

Median home value

$41,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$675$933

Rathbun

Population

5736

Median household income

$35,909$72,500

Median home value

$61,400$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exline	Rathbun
Under 5	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	2.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	16.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	58.3%
65 to 74	17.7%	13.9%
75 and over	17.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exline	Rathbun
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	100.0%
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	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exline	Rathbun
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	41.4%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exline	Rathbun
Drove alone	83.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.5%	0.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exline	Rathbun
1-unit, detached	90.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Exline	Rathbun
Poverty rate	10.4%	8.3%
Average household size	2.18	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1938	1940