Brandon vs Hazleton

A side-by-side comparison of Brandon and Hazleton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hazleton has the higher population (698 vs 328 in Brandon). Brandon has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $53,542 in Hazleton). Brandon has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $80,100 in Hazleton).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Hazleton
Population	328	698
Median age	36.5 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$53,542
Median home value	$100,000	$80,100
Median gross rent	$1,013	$827
Housing units	129	382
Homeownership rate	62.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Hazleton
Population	312 → 328 (+5.1%)	775 → 698 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$41,042 → $61,875 (+50.8%)	$45,250 → $53,542 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $100,000 (+46.8%)	$82,000 → $80,100 (-2.3%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $1,013 (+29.4%)	$567 → $827 (+45.9%)

Brandon

Population

312328

Median household income

$41,042$61,875

Median home value

$68,100$100,000

Median gross rent

$783$1,013

Hazleton

Population

775698

Median household income

$45,250$53,542

Median home value

$82,000$80,100

Median gross rent

$567$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Hazleton
Under 5	3.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	14.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.5%
75 and over	4.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Hazleton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Hazleton
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	44.8%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Hazleton
Drove alone	84.4%	74.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Hazleton
1-unit, detached	79.8%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Hazleton
Poverty rate	19.8%	18.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1960	1975