Rathbun vs Unionville

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

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

Unionville has the higher population (86 vs 36 in Rathbun). Unionville has the higher median home value ($84,000 vs $55,000 in Rathbun). Since 2019, Unionville's population has grown faster (+0.0% vs -36.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Rathbun	Unionville
Population	36	86
Median age	56.3 yrs	65.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	—
Median home value	$55,000	$84,000
Housing units	42	49
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rathbun	Unionville
Population	57 → 36 (-36.8%)	86 → 86 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$35,909 → $72,500 (+101.9%)	$36,250 → $42,750 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$61,400 → $55,000 (-10.4%)	$70,800 → $84,000 (+18.6%)

Rathbun

Population

5736

Median household income

$35,909$72,500

Median home value

$61,400$55,000

Unionville

Population

8686

Median household income

$36,250$42,750

Median home value

$70,800$84,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rathbun	Unionville
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.5%
45 to 54	16.7%	1.2%
55 to 64	58.3%	18.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	45.3%
75 and over	5.6%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rathbun	Unionville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.8%
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	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rathbun	Unionville
No high school diploma	8.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	35.3%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	55.9%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rathbun	Unionville
Drove alone	100.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rathbun	Unionville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.7%
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%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Rathbun	Unionville
Poverty rate	8.3%	8.1%
Average household size	1.80	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1940	1957