Belle Plaine vs Keystone

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Plaine and Keystone: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belle Plaine has the higher population (2,412 vs 825 in Keystone). Belle Plaine has the higher median household income ($70,517 vs $68,750 in Keystone). Keystone has the higher median home value ($141,100 vs $111,600 in Belle Plaine).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	Keystone
Population	2,412	825
Median age	45.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,517	$68,750
Median home value	$111,600	$141,100
Median gross rent	$796	$992
Housing units	1,193	303
Homeownership rate	77.2%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	Keystone
Population	2,477 → 2,412 (-2.6%)	590 → 825 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$49,471 → $70,517 (+42.5%)	$60,446 → $68,750 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $111,600 (+34.8%)	$98,600 → $141,100 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $796 (+48.8%)	$820 → $992 (+21.0%)

Belle Plaine

Population

2,4772,412

Median household income

$49,471$70,517

Median home value

$82,800$111,600

Median gross rent

$535$796

Keystone

Population

590825

Median household income

$60,446$68,750

Median home value

$98,600$141,100

Median gross rent

$820$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Plaine	Keystone
Under 5	6.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.9%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	6.2%
75 and over	8.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	Keystone
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	Keystone
No high school diploma	5.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	38.8%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	Keystone
Drove alone	86.5%	87.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	Keystone
1-unit, detached	84.7%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	Keystone
Poverty rate	6.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1952	1942