Coon Rapids vs Templeton

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

Coon Rapids and Templeton 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 314 in Templeton). Templeton has the higher median household income ($72,813 vs $64,338 in Coon Rapids). Templeton has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $129,300 in Coon Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Coon Rapids	Templeton
Population	1,403	314
Median age	38.7 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,338	$72,813
Median home value	$129,300	$159,000
Median gross rent	$760	$693
Housing units	597	158
Homeownership rate	75.0%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coon Rapids	Templeton
Population	1,263 → 1,403 (+11.1%)	319 → 314 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$49,464 → $64,338 (+30.1%)	$55,417 → $72,813 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $129,300 (+45.9%)	$112,500 → $159,000 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $760 (+22.8%)	$539 → $693 (+28.6%)

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

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)

	Coon Rapids	Templeton
Under 5	7.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	7.3%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	18.2%	19.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.5%
75 and over	8.9%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coon Rapids	Templeton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	99.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	1.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coon Rapids	Templeton
No high school diploma	9.1%	14.0%
High school graduate	25.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coon Rapids	Templeton
Drove alone	79.0%	90.1%
Carpooled	12.4%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coon Rapids	Templeton
1-unit, detached	87.6%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coon Rapids	Templeton
Poverty rate	12.8%	7.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1944	1959