Mount Auburn vs Watkins

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

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

Mount Auburn has the higher population (183 vs 47 in Watkins). Mount Auburn has the higher median home value ($109,400 vs $53,500 in Watkins). Since 2019, Mount Auburn's population has grown faster (+41.9% vs -39.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Auburn	Watkins
Population	183	47
Median age	38.5 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	—
Median home value	$109,400	$53,500
Median gross rent	$1,021	—
Housing units	76	27
Homeownership rate	78.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Auburn	Watkins
Population	129 → 183 (+41.9%)	78 → 47 (-39.7%)
Median household income	$53,942 → $76,250 (+41.4%)	$43,542 → $34,792 (-20.1%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $109,400 (+90.3%)	$81,900 → $53,500 (-34.7%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $1,021 (+91.6%)	—

Mount Auburn

Population

129183

Median household income

$53,942$76,250

Median home value

$57,500$109,400

Median gross rent

$533$1,021

Watkins

Population

7847

Median household income

$43,542$34,792

Median home value

$81,900$53,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Auburn	Watkins
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	25.5%
18 to 24	13.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	31.9%
35 to 44	18.0%	21.3%
45 to 54	6.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	21.3%
75 and over	6.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Auburn	Watkins
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Auburn	Watkins
No high school diploma	8.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	55.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	57.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Auburn	Watkins
Drove alone	87.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Auburn	Watkins
1-unit, detached	78.9%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	25.9%

Poverty & households

	Mount Auburn	Watkins
Poverty rate	8.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.61	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1938	1944