Blairstown vs Van Horne

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

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

Van Horne has the higher population (653 vs 652 in Blairstown). Van Horne has the higher median household income ($77,708 vs $74,167 in Blairstown). Van Horne has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $164,300 in Blairstown).

Population, income & housing

	Blairstown	Van Horne
Population	652	653
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,167	$77,708
Median home value	$164,300	$169,000
Median gross rent	$783	$917
Housing units	279	270
Homeownership rate	79.8%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairstown	Van Horne
Population	703 → 652 (-7.3%)	926 → 653 (-29.5%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $74,167 (+16.0%)	$69,559 → $77,708 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $164,300 (+38.9%)	$129,200 → $169,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $783 (+39.1%)	$630 → $917 (+45.6%)

Blairstown

Population

703652

Median household income

$63,958$74,167

Median home value

$118,300$164,300

Median gross rent

$563$783

Van Horne

Population

926653

Median household income

$69,559$77,708

Median home value

$129,200$169,000

Median gross rent

$630$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairstown	Van Horne
Under 5	11.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	7.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	20.2%	18.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	8.9%
75 and over	9.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairstown	Van Horne
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	96.6%
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%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairstown	Van Horne
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	45.6%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairstown	Van Horne
Drove alone	78.5%	84.5%
Carpooled	8.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	9.7%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairstown	Van Horne
1-unit, detached	87.1%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Blairstown	Van Horne
Poverty rate	13.2%	15.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1955	1957