Boxholm vs Madrid

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

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

Madrid has the higher population (2,803 vs 172 in Boxholm). Madrid has the higher median household income ($86,915 vs $50,313 in Boxholm). Madrid has the higher median home value ($185,100 vs $72,700 in Boxholm).

Population, income & housing

	Boxholm	Madrid
Population	172	2,803
Median age	38.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$86,915
Median home value	$72,700	$185,100
Median gross rent	$533	$1,034
Housing units	100	1,217
Homeownership rate	80.5%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boxholm	Madrid
Population	169 → 172 (+1.8%)	2,578 → 2,803 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $50,313 (+8.8%)	$63,895 → $86,915 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $72,700 (+15.9%)	$135,700 → $185,100 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $533 (+2.3%)	$756 → $1,034 (+36.8%)

Boxholm

Population

169172

Median household income

$46,250$50,313

Median home value

$62,700$72,700

Median gross rent

$521$533

Madrid

Population

2,5782,803

Median household income

$63,895$86,915

Median home value

$135,700$185,100

Median gross rent

$756$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boxholm	Madrid
Under 5	4.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.0%
75 and over	11.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boxholm	Madrid
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	94.6%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boxholm	Madrid
No high school diploma	6.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	48.7%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boxholm	Madrid
Drove alone	92.3%	74.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boxholm	Madrid
1-unit, detached	95.0%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Boxholm	Madrid
Poverty rate	19.8%	7.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	40	26
Median year structure built	1938	1959