Durant vs Tipton

A side-by-side comparison of Durant and Tipton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tipton has the higher population (3,111 vs 1,904 in Durant). Durant has the higher median household income ($82,563 vs $67,625 in Tipton). Durant has the higher median home value ($202,000 vs $146,000 in Tipton).

Population, income & housing

	Durant	Tipton
Population	1,904	3,111
Median age	42.0 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,563	$67,625
Median home value	$202,000	$146,000
Median gross rent	$765	$823
Housing units	813	1,494
Homeownership rate	75.8%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durant	Tipton
Population	1,880 → 1,904 (+1.3%)	3,207 → 3,111 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$65,625 → $82,563 (+25.8%)	$64,013 → $67,625 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$161,600 → $202,000 (+25.0%)	$126,600 → $146,000 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $765 (-11.8%)	$606 → $823 (+35.8%)

Durant

Population

1,8801,904

Median household income

$65,625$82,563

Median home value

$161,600$202,000

Median gross rent

$867$765

Tipton

Population

3,2073,111

Median household income

$64,013$67,625

Median home value

$126,600$146,000

Median gross rent

$606$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durant	Tipton
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.0%
75 and over	8.9%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durant	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durant	Tipton
No high school diploma	1.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	36.9%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durant	Tipton
Drove alone	88.3%	81.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.2%
Other means	0.2%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durant	Tipton
1-unit, detached	77.5%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Durant	Tipton
Poverty rate	7.0%	9.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1968	1952