Hazleton vs Independence

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

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

Independence has the higher population (6,149 vs 698 in Hazleton). Independence has the higher median household income ($72,250 vs $53,542 in Hazleton). Independence has the higher median home value ($156,900 vs $80,100 in Hazleton).

Population, income & housing

	Hazleton	Independence
Population	698	6,149
Median age	48.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,542	$72,250
Median home value	$80,100	$156,900
Median gross rent	$827	$769
Housing units	382	2,856
Homeownership rate	75.9%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazleton	Independence
Population	775 → 698 (-9.9%)	6,056 → 6,149 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$45,250 → $53,542 (+18.3%)	$54,097 → $72,250 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $80,100 (-2.3%)	$133,100 → $156,900 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $827 (+45.9%)	$746 → $769 (+3.1%)

Hazleton

Population

775698

Median household income

$45,250$53,542

Median home value

$82,000$80,100

Median gross rent

$567$827

Independence

Population

6,0566,149

Median household income

$54,097$72,250

Median home value

$133,100$156,900

Median gross rent

$746$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazleton	Independence
Under 5	5.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.9%
75 and over	10.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazleton	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazleton	Independence
No high school diploma	10.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazleton	Independence
Drove alone	74.1%	80.6%
Carpooled	18.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazleton	Independence
1-unit, detached	68.6%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Hazleton	Independence
Poverty rate	18.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1975	1968