Beaver vs Boxholm

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver and Boxholm: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boxholm has the higher population (172 vs 61 in Beaver). Beaver has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $50,313 in Boxholm). Boxholm has the higher median home value ($72,700 vs $58,800 in Beaver).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Boxholm
Population	61	172
Median age	25.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$50,313
Median home value	$58,800	$72,700
Median gross rent	—	$533
Housing units	25	100
Homeownership rate	88.9%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Boxholm
Population	48 → 61 (+27.1%)	169 → 172 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $63,750 (+30.8%)	$46,250 → $50,313 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$58,000 → $58,800 (+1.4%)	$62,700 → $72,700 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$521 → $533 (+2.3%)

Beaver

Population

4861

Median household income

$48,750$63,750

Median home value

$58,000$58,800

Boxholm

Population

169172

Median household income

$46,250$50,313

Median home value

$62,700$72,700

Median gross rent

$521$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Boxholm
Under 5	34.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	23.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	6.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.7%
75 and over	0.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Boxholm
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	Boxholm
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	41.9%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	54.8%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Boxholm
Drove alone	56.5%	92.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	43.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Boxholm
1-unit, detached	92.0%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Boxholm
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.8%
Average household size	3.39	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	40
Median year structure built	1938	1938