Rathbun vs Udell

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

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

Rathbun has the higher population (36 vs 20 in Udell). Udell has the higher median household income ($100,417 vs $72,500 in Rathbun). Udell has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $55,000 in Rathbun).

Population, income & housing

	Rathbun	Udell
Population	36	20
Median age	56.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$100,417
Median home value	$55,000	$65,000
Housing units	42	9
Homeownership rate	100.0%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rathbun	Udell
Population	57 → 36 (-36.8%)	54 → 20 (-63.0%)
Median household income	$35,909 → $72,500 (+101.9%)	$72,917 → $100,417 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$61,400 → $55,000 (-10.4%)	$48,800 → $65,000 (+33.2%)

Rathbun

Population

5736

Median household income

$35,909$72,500

Median home value

$61,400$55,000

Udell

Population

5420

Median household income

$72,917$100,417

Median home value

$48,800$65,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rathbun	Udell
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	35.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	25.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	58.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	5.0%
75 and over	5.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rathbun	Udell
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rathbun	Udell
No high school diploma	8.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	55.9%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rathbun	Udell
Drove alone	100.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	30.8%
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)

	Rathbun	Udell
1-unit, detached	100.0%	66.7%
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	0.0%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Rathbun	Udell
Poverty rate	8.3%	10.0%
Average household size	1.80	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1940	1958