Beaver vs Pilot Mound

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

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

Pilot Mound has the higher population (117 vs 61 in Beaver). Beaver has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $51,250 in Pilot Mound). Pilot Mound has the higher median home value ($78,800 vs $58,800 in Beaver).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Pilot Mound
Population	61	117
Median age	25.2 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$51,250
Median home value	$58,800	$78,800
Median gross rent	—	$556
Housing units	25	79
Homeownership rate	88.9%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Pilot Mound
Population	48 → 61 (+27.1%)	194 → 117 (-39.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $63,750 (+30.8%)	$36,000 → $51,250 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$58,000 → $58,800 (+1.4%)	$62,700 → $78,800 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$444 → $556 (+25.2%)

Beaver

Population

4861

Median household income

$48,750$63,750

Median home value

$58,000$58,800

Pilot Mound

Population

194117

Median household income

$36,000$51,250

Median home value

$62,700$78,800

Median gross rent

$444$556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Pilot Mound
Under 5	34.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	10.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	23.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.1%
55 to 64	6.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	17.1%
75 and over	0.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Pilot Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	97.4%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	Pilot Mound
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.4%
High school graduate	41.9%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	54.8%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Pilot Mound
Drove alone	56.5%	84.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	43.5%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Pilot Mound
1-unit, detached	92.0%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Pilot Mound
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.3%
Average household size	3.39	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938