Boxholm vs Luther

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

Boxholm and Luther 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 130 in Luther). Luther has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $50,313 in Boxholm). Luther has the higher median home value ($183,000 vs $72,700 in Boxholm).

Population, income & housing

	Boxholm	Luther
Population	172	130
Median age	38.1 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$86,667
Median home value	$72,700	$183,000
Median gross rent	$533	—
Housing units	100	62
Homeownership rate	80.5%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boxholm	Luther
Population	169 → 172 (+1.8%)	181 → 130 (-28.2%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $50,313 (+8.8%)	$82,614 → $86,667 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $72,700 (+15.9%)	$127,500 → $183,000 (+43.5%)
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

Luther

Population

181130

Median household income

$82,614$86,667

Median home value

$127,500$183,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boxholm	Luther
Under 5	4.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	17.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	17.7%
75 and over	11.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boxholm	Luther
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	99.2%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boxholm	Luther
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	48.7%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boxholm	Luther
Drove alone	92.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	3.1%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boxholm	Luther
1-unit, detached	95.0%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Boxholm	Luther
Poverty rate	19.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938