Audubon vs Exira

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

Audubon and Exira 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 787 in Exira). Exira has the higher median household income ($42,177 vs $41,389 in Audubon). Audubon has the higher median home value ($92,800 vs $73,700 in Exira).

Population, income & housing

	Audubon	Exira
Population	2,069	787
Median age	43.6 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,389	$42,177
Median home value	$92,800	$73,700
Median gross rent	$718	$566
Housing units	1,085	396
Homeownership rate	69.7%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Audubon	Exira
Population	1,991 → 2,069 (+3.9%)	804 → 787 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$44,152 → $41,389 (-6.3%)	$39,813 → $42,177 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $92,800 (+44.8%)	$50,600 → $73,700 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $718 (+2.9%)	$533 → $566 (+6.2%)

Audubon

Population

1,9912,069

Median household income

$44,152$41,389

Median home value

$64,100$92,800

Median gross rent

$698$718

Exira

Population

804787

Median household income

$39,813$42,177

Median home value

$50,600$73,700

Median gross rent

$533$566

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Audubon	Exira
Under 5	6.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	8.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	6.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	16.1%
75 and over	16.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Audubon	Exira
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Audubon	Exira
No high school diploma	8.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	45.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Audubon	Exira
Drove alone	85.7%	87.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Audubon	Exira
1-unit, detached	90.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Audubon	Exira
Poverty rate	16.3%	18.8%
Average household size	1.96	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1957	1954