Numa vs Rathbun

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

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

Numa has the higher population (45 vs 36 in Rathbun). Rathbun has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $61,250 in Numa). Rathbun has the higher median home value ($55,000 vs $47,900 in Numa).

Population, income & housing

	Numa	Rathbun
Population	45	36
Median age	50.4 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$72,500
Median home value	$47,900	$55,000
Housing units	36	42
Homeownership rate	91.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Numa	Rathbun
Population	78 → 45 (-42.3%)	57 → 36 (-36.8%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $61,250 (+53.1%)	$35,909 → $72,500 (+101.9%)
Median home value	$54,000 → $47,900 (-11.3%)	$61,400 → $55,000 (-10.4%)

Numa

Population

7845

Median household income

$40,000$61,250

Median home value

$54,000$47,900

Rathbun

Population

5736

Median household income

$35,909$72,500

Median home value

$61,400$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Numa	Rathbun
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	2.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	20.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	58.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.9%
75 and over	15.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Numa	Rathbun
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	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	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Numa	Rathbun
No high school diploma	18.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	31.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Numa	Rathbun
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	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)

	Numa	Rathbun
1-unit, detached	83.3%	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	16.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Numa	Rathbun
Poverty rate	11.1%	8.3%
Average household size	1.96	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1938	1940