Boxholm vs Pilot Mound

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

Boxholm and Pilot Mound 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 117 in Pilot Mound). Pilot Mound has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $50,313 in Boxholm). Pilot Mound has the higher median home value ($78,800 vs $72,700 in Boxholm).

Population, income & housing

	Boxholm	Pilot Mound
Population	172	117
Median age	38.1 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$51,250
Median home value	$72,700	$78,800
Median gross rent	$533	$556
Housing units	100	79
Homeownership rate	80.5%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boxholm	Pilot Mound
Population	169 → 172 (+1.8%)	194 → 117 (-39.7%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $50,313 (+8.8%)	$36,000 → $51,250 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $72,700 (+15.9%)	$62,700 → $78,800 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $533 (+2.3%)	$444 → $556 (+25.2%)

Boxholm

Population

169172

Median household income

$46,250$50,313

Median home value

$62,700$72,700

Median gross rent

$521$533

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)

	Boxholm	Pilot Mound
Under 5	4.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	10.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	12.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.6%	17.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	17.1%
75 and over	11.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boxholm	Pilot Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	97.4%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boxholm	Pilot Mound
No high school diploma	6.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	48.7%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boxholm	Pilot Mound
Drove alone	92.3%	84.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boxholm	Pilot Mound
1-unit, detached	95.0%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Boxholm	Pilot Mound
Poverty rate	19.8%	4.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	40	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938