Audubon vs Gray

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

Audubon and Gray 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 70 in Gray). Gray has the higher median household income ($57,125 vs $41,389 in Audubon). Audubon has the higher median home value ($92,800 vs $51,700 in Gray).

Population, income & housing

	Audubon	Gray
Population	2,069	70
Median age	43.6 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,389	$57,125
Median home value	$92,800	$51,700
Median gross rent	$718	—
Housing units	1,085	39
Homeownership rate	69.7%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Audubon	Gray
Population	1,991 → 2,069 (+3.9%)	117 → 70 (-40.2%)
Median household income	$44,152 → $41,389 (-6.3%)	$165,208 → $57,125 (-65.4%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $92,800 (+44.8%)	$91,400 → $51,700 (-43.4%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $718 (+2.9%)	—

Audubon

Population

1,9912,069

Median household income

$44,152$41,389

Median home value

$64,100$92,800

Median gross rent

$698$718

Gray

Population

11770

Median household income

$165,208$57,125

Median home value

$91,400$51,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Audubon	Gray
Under 5	6.7%	12.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	34.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	5.7%
35 to 44	6.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	5.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.0%
75 and over	16.8%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Audubon	Gray
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	8.6%
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%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Audubon	Gray
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	45.0%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Audubon	Gray
Drove alone	85.7%	43.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	21.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	34.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Audubon	Gray
1-unit, detached	90.0%	87.2%
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%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Audubon	Gray
Poverty rate	16.3%	3.3%
Average household size	1.96	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1957	1938