Blairstown vs Keystone

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

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

Keystone has the higher population (825 vs 652 in Blairstown). Blairstown has the higher median household income ($74,167 vs $68,750 in Keystone). Blairstown has the higher median home value ($164,300 vs $141,100 in Keystone).

Population, income & housing

	Blairstown	Keystone
Population	652	825
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$68,750
Median home value	$164,300	$141,100
Median gross rent	$783	$992
Housing units	279	303
Homeownership rate	79.8%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairstown	Keystone
Population	703 → 652 (-7.3%)	590 → 825 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $74,167 (+16.0%)	$60,446 → $68,750 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $164,300 (+38.9%)	$98,600 → $141,100 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $783 (+39.1%)	$820 → $992 (+21.0%)

Blairstown

Population

703652

Median household income

$63,958$74,167

Median home value

$118,300$164,300

Median gross rent

$563$783

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)

	Blairstown	Keystone
Under 5	11.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	7.7%	23.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	20.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	4.4%	6.2%
75 and over	9.4%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairstown	Keystone
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairstown	Keystone
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	45.6%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairstown	Keystone
Drove alone	78.5%	87.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairstown	Keystone
1-unit, detached	87.1%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blairstown	Keystone
Poverty rate	13.2%	10.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1955	1942