Boxholm vs Fraser

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

Boxholm and Fraser 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 134 in Fraser). Fraser has the higher median household income ($66,625 vs $50,313 in Boxholm). Fraser has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $72,700 in Boxholm).

Population, income & housing

	Boxholm	Fraser
Population	172	134
Median age	38.1 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$66,625
Median home value	$72,700	$158,900
Median gross rent	$533	—
Housing units	100	71
Homeownership rate	80.5%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boxholm	Fraser
Population	169 → 172 (+1.8%)	116 → 134 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $50,313 (+8.8%)	$75,833 → $66,625 (-12.1%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $72,700 (+15.9%)	$103,400 → $158,900 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $533 (+2.3%)	—

Boxholm

Population

169172

Median household income

$46,250$50,313

Median home value

$62,700$72,700

Median gross rent

$521$533

Fraser

Population

116134

Median household income

$75,833$66,625

Median home value

$103,400$158,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boxholm	Fraser
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	5.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	22.4%
45 to 54	7.6%	8.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	20.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.2%
75 and over	11.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boxholm	Fraser
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	1.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boxholm	Fraser
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	48.7%	58.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boxholm	Fraser
Drove alone	92.3%	91.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boxholm	Fraser
1-unit, detached	95.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Boxholm	Fraser
Poverty rate	19.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	40	21
Median year structure built	1938	1983