Blairstown vs Mount Auburn

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

Blairstown and Mount Auburn 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 183 in Mount Auburn). Mount Auburn has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $74,167 in Blairstown). Blairstown has the higher median home value ($164,300 vs $109,400 in Mount Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Blairstown	Mount Auburn
Population	652	183
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$76,250
Median home value	$164,300	$109,400
Median gross rent	$783	$1,021
Housing units	279	76
Homeownership rate	79.8%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairstown	Mount Auburn
Population	703 → 652 (-7.3%)	129 → 183 (+41.9%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $74,167 (+16.0%)	$53,942 → $76,250 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $164,300 (+38.9%)	$57,500 → $109,400 (+90.3%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $783 (+39.1%)	$533 → $1,021 (+91.6%)

Blairstown

Population

703652

Median household income

$63,958$74,167

Median home value

$118,300$164,300

Median gross rent

$563$783

Mount Auburn

Population

129183

Median household income

$53,942$76,250

Median home value

$57,500$109,400

Median gross rent

$533$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairstown	Mount Auburn
Under 5	11.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	7.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	13.1%
25 to 34	20.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.4%	8.7%
75 and over	9.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairstown	Mount Auburn
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	90.2%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairstown	Mount Auburn
No high school diploma	5.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	45.6%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairstown	Mount Auburn
Drove alone	78.5%	87.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairstown	Mount Auburn
1-unit, detached	87.1%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Blairstown	Mount Auburn
Poverty rate	13.2%	8.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1955	1938