Beaver vs Luther

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

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

Luther has the higher population (130 vs 61 in Beaver). Luther has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $63,750 in Beaver). Luther has the higher median home value ($183,000 vs $58,800 in Beaver).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Luther
Population	61	130
Median age	25.2 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$86,667
Median home value	$58,800	$183,000
Housing units	25	62
Homeownership rate	88.9%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Luther
Population	48 → 61 (+27.1%)	181 → 130 (-28.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $63,750 (+30.8%)	$82,614 → $86,667 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$58,000 → $58,800 (+1.4%)	$127,500 → $183,000 (+43.5%)

Beaver

Population

4861

Median household income

$48,750$63,750

Median home value

$58,000$58,800

Luther

Population

181130

Median household income

$82,614$86,667

Median home value

$127,500$183,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Luther
Under 5	34.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	23.0%	6.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.7%
55 to 64	6.6%	17.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	17.7%
75 and over	0.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Luther
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	99.2%
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	3.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	Luther
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	41.9%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	54.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Luther
Drove alone	56.5%	84.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	43.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Luther
1-unit, detached	92.0%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Luther
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.39	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938