Blairstown vs Luzerne

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

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

Blairstown has the higher population (652 vs 140 in Luzerne). Luzerne has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $74,167 in Blairstown). Blairstown has the higher median home value ($164,300 vs $59,000 in Luzerne).

Population, income & housing

	Blairstown	Luzerne
Population	652	140
Median age	37.8 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$95,000
Median home value	$164,300	$59,000
Median gross rent	$783	—
Housing units	279	43
Homeownership rate	79.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairstown	Luzerne
Population	703 → 652 (-7.3%)	148 → 140 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $74,167 (+16.0%)	$75,536 → $95,000 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $164,300 (+38.9%)	$141,700 → $59,000 (-58.4%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $783 (+39.1%)	—

Blairstown

Population

703652

Median household income

$63,958$74,167

Median home value

$118,300$164,300

Median gross rent

$563$783

Luzerne

Population

148140

Median household income

$75,536$95,000

Median home value

$141,700$59,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairstown	Luzerne
Under 5	11.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	7.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	12.1%
25 to 34	20.2%	17.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	4.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	4.4%	3.6%
75 and over	9.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairstown	Luzerne
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairstown	Luzerne
No high school diploma	5.3%	7.7%
High school graduate	45.6%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairstown	Luzerne
Drove alone	78.5%	85.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairstown	Luzerne
1-unit, detached	87.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blairstown	Luzerne
Poverty rate	13.2%	10.7%
Average household size	2.63	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1955	1938