Plano vs Rathbun

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

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

Plano has the higher population (62 vs 36 in Rathbun). Rathbun has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $60,714 in Plano). Since 2019, Plano's population has grown faster (-3.1% vs -36.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Plano	Rathbun
Population	62	36
Median age	22.9 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,714	$72,500
Median home value	—	$55,000
Housing units	30	42
Homeownership rate	87.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	38.9%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plano	Rathbun
Population	64 → 62 (-3.1%)	57 → 36 (-36.8%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $60,714 (+22.2%)	$35,909 → $72,500 (+101.9%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $95,000 (+50.8%)	$61,400 → $55,000 (-10.4%)

Plano

Population

6462

Median household income

$49,688$60,714

Median home value

$63,000$95,000

Rathbun

Population

5736

Median household income

$35,909$72,500

Median home value

$61,400$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plano	Rathbun
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	29.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	58.3%
65 to 74	14.5%	13.9%
75 and over	4.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plano	Rathbun
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	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	50.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plano	Rathbun
No high school diploma	3.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	51.7%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plano	Rathbun
Drove alone	68.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	31.8%	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)

	Plano	Rathbun
1-unit, detached	76.7%	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	23.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plano	Rathbun
Poverty rate	4.8%	8.3%
Average household size	2.58	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1980	1940