Arcadia vs Templeton

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

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

Arcadia has the higher population (859 vs 314 in Templeton). Templeton has the higher median household income ($72,813 vs $69,408 in Arcadia). Templeton has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $139,500 in Arcadia).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Templeton
Population	859	314
Median age	22.8 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,408	$72,813
Median home value	$139,500	$159,000
Median gross rent	$816	$693
Housing units	271	158
Homeownership rate	63.5%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Templeton
Population	507 → 859 (+69.4%)	319 → 314 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $69,408 (+8.9%)	$55,417 → $72,813 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $139,500 (+22.9%)	$112,500 → $159,000 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $816 (+53.1%)	$539 → $693 (+28.6%)

Arcadia

Population

507859

Median household income

$63,750$69,408

Median home value

$113,500$139,500

Median gross rent

$533$816

Templeton

Population

319314

Median household income

$55,417$72,813

Median home value

$112,500$159,000

Median gross rent

$539$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Templeton
Under 5	13.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	10.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	38.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	5.7%	5.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	3.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	19.1%
65 to 74	3.8%	11.5%
75 and over	2.6%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Templeton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	99.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Templeton
No high school diploma	2.8%	14.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Templeton
Drove alone	86.2%	90.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Templeton
1-unit, detached	93.7%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Templeton
Poverty rate	3.5%	7.0%
Average household size	3.27	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1978	1959