Jesup vs Winthrop

A side-by-side comparison of Jesup and Winthrop: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jesup has the higher population (2,596 vs 1,081 in Winthrop). Jesup has the higher median household income ($89,297 vs $64,904 in Winthrop). Jesup has the higher median home value ($189,600 vs $149,200 in Winthrop).

Population, income & housing

	Jesup	Winthrop
Population	2,596	1,081
Median age	34.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,297	$64,904
Median home value	$189,600	$149,200
Median gross rent	$937	$1,000
Housing units	1,020	409
Homeownership rate	83.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jesup	Winthrop
Population	2,806 → 2,596 (-7.5%)	926 → 1,081 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $89,297 (+23.2%)	$59,583 → $64,904 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$156,600 → $189,600 (+21.1%)	$103,700 → $149,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $937 (+57.5%)	$700 → $1,000 (+42.9%)

Jesup

Population

2,8062,596

Median household income

$72,500$89,297

Median home value

$156,600$189,600

Median gross rent

$595$937

Winthrop

Population

9261,081

Median household income

$59,583$64,904

Median home value

$103,700$149,200

Median gross rent

$700$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jesup	Winthrop
Under 5	7.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	27.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	17.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.4%
55 to 64	7.7%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.4%
75 and over	4.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jesup	Winthrop
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jesup	Winthrop
No high school diploma	3.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jesup	Winthrop
Drove alone	83.3%	70.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.4%	9.6%
Other means	0.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jesup	Winthrop
1-unit, detached	82.2%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Jesup	Winthrop
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.2%
Average household size	2.77	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1972	1967