Boxholm vs Ogden

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

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

Ogden has the higher population (1,902 vs 172 in Boxholm). Ogden has the higher median household income ($70,556 vs $50,313 in Boxholm). Ogden has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $72,700 in Boxholm).

Population, income & housing

	Boxholm	Ogden
Population	172	1,902
Median age	38.1 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$70,556
Median home value	$72,700	$155,800
Median gross rent	$533	$745
Housing units	100	910
Homeownership rate	80.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boxholm	Ogden
Population	169 → 172 (+1.8%)	1,875 → 1,902 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $50,313 (+8.8%)	$53,269 → $70,556 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $72,700 (+15.9%)	$114,400 → $155,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $533 (+2.3%)	$752 → $745 (-0.9%)

Boxholm

Population

169172

Median household income

$46,250$50,313

Median home value

$62,700$72,700

Median gross rent

$521$533

Ogden

Population

1,8751,902

Median household income

$53,269$70,556

Median home value

$114,400$155,800

Median gross rent

$752$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boxholm	Ogden
Under 5	4.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	7.6%	18.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	8.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.0%
75 and over	11.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boxholm	Ogden
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boxholm	Ogden
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	48.7%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boxholm	Ogden
Drove alone	92.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.6%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boxholm	Ogden
1-unit, detached	95.0%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Boxholm	Ogden
Poverty rate	19.8%	8.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	40	26
Median year structure built	1938	1954