Arcadia vs Coon Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Coon Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coon Rapids has the higher population (1,403 vs 859 in Arcadia). Arcadia has the higher median household income ($69,408 vs $64,338 in Coon Rapids). Arcadia has the higher median home value ($139,500 vs $129,300 in Coon Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Coon Rapids
Population	859	1,403
Median age	22.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,408	$64,338
Median home value	$139,500	$129,300
Median gross rent	$816	$760
Housing units	271	597
Homeownership rate	63.5%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Coon Rapids
Population	507 → 859 (+69.4%)	1,263 → 1,403 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $69,408 (+8.9%)	$49,464 → $64,338 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $139,500 (+22.9%)	$88,600 → $129,300 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $816 (+53.1%)	$619 → $760 (+22.8%)

Arcadia

Population

507859

Median household income

$63,750$69,408

Median home value

$113,500$139,500

Median gross rent

$533$816

Coon Rapids

Population

1,2631,403

Median household income

$49,464$64,338

Median home value

$88,600$129,300

Median gross rent

$619$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Coon Rapids
Under 5	13.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	38.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	5.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	3.8%	7.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	18.2%
65 to 74	3.8%	9.1%
75 and over	2.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Coon Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	93.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Coon Rapids
No high school diploma	2.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	44.9%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Coon Rapids
Drove alone	86.2%	79.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Coon Rapids
1-unit, detached	93.7%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Coon Rapids
Poverty rate	3.5%	12.8%
Average household size	3.27	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	13	19
Median year structure built	1978	1944