Audubon vs Brayton

A side-by-side comparison of Audubon and Brayton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Audubon has the higher population (2,069 vs 127 in Brayton). Brayton has the higher median household income ($50,500 vs $41,389 in Audubon). Audubon has the higher median home value ($92,800 vs $71,400 in Brayton).

Population, income & housing

	Audubon	Brayton
Population	2,069	127
Median age	43.6 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,389	$50,500
Median home value	$92,800	$71,400
Median gross rent	$718	$760
Housing units	1,085	76
Homeownership rate	69.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Audubon	Brayton
Population	1,991 → 2,069 (+3.9%)	112 → 127 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$44,152 → $41,389 (-6.3%)	$44,167 → $50,500 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $92,800 (+44.8%)	$50,000 → $71,400 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $718 (+2.9%)	$525 → $760 (+44.8%)

Audubon

Population

1,9912,069

Median household income

$44,152$41,389

Median home value

$64,100$92,800

Median gross rent

$698$718

Brayton

Population

112127

Median household income

$44,167$50,500

Median home value

$50,000$71,400

Median gross rent

$525$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Audubon	Brayton
Under 5	6.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	7.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	19.7%
35 to 44	6.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	6.5%	5.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	36.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.0%
75 and over	16.8%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Audubon	Brayton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Audubon	Brayton
No high school diploma	8.9%	13.0%
High school graduate	45.0%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Audubon	Brayton
Drove alone	85.7%	87.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Audubon	Brayton
1-unit, detached	90.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Audubon	Brayton
Poverty rate	16.3%	16.5%
Average household size	1.96	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1957	1938