Brandon vs Quasqueton

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

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

Quasqueton has the higher population (749 vs 328 in Brandon). Quasqueton has the higher median household income ($64,531 vs $61,875 in Brandon). Quasqueton has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $100,000 in Brandon).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Quasqueton
Population	328	749
Median age	36.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$64,531
Median home value	$100,000	$128,100
Median gross rent	$1,013	$742
Housing units	129	361
Homeownership rate	62.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Quasqueton
Population	312 → 328 (+5.1%)	578 → 749 (+29.6%)
Median household income	$41,042 → $61,875 (+50.8%)	$63,750 → $64,531 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $100,000 (+46.8%)	$95,200 → $128,100 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $1,013 (+29.4%)	$645 → $742 (+15.0%)

Brandon

Population

312328

Median household income

$41,042$61,875

Median home value

$68,100$100,000

Median gross rent

$783$1,013

Quasqueton

Population

578749

Median household income

$63,750$64,531

Median home value

$95,200$128,100

Median gross rent

$645$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Quasqueton
Under 5	3.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.9%	21.0%
18 to 24	14.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	6.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.1%
75 and over	4.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Quasqueton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Quasqueton
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	44.8%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Quasqueton
Drove alone	84.4%	90.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Quasqueton
1-unit, detached	79.8%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Quasqueton
Poverty rate	19.8%	10.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1960	1974