Kiron vs Westside

A side-by-side comparison of Kiron and Westside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westside has the higher population (307 vs 247 in Kiron). Westside has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $50,781 in Kiron). Westside has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $78,100 in Kiron).

Population, income & housing

	Kiron	Westside
Population	247	307
Median age	39.6 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,781	$65,000
Median home value	$78,100	$133,800
Median gross rent	$720	$700
Housing units	115	163
Homeownership rate	73.0%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiron	Westside
Population	295 → 247 (-16.3%)	269 → 307 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$40,500 → $50,781 (+25.4%)	$50,938 → $65,000 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $78,100 (+30.2%)	$89,300 → $133,800 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $720 (+34.3%)	$563 → $700 (+24.3%)

Kiron

Population

295247

Median household income

$40,500$50,781

Median home value

$60,000$78,100

Median gross rent

$536$720

Westside

Population

269307

Median household income

$50,938$65,000

Median home value

$89,300$133,800

Median gross rent

$563$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kiron	Westside
Under 5	1.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	38.9%	9.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	2.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	16.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	19.9%
75 and over	9.3%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiron	Westside
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	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	0.0%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiron	Westside
No high school diploma	8.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	41.6%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiron	Westside
Drove alone	84.2%	88.6%
Carpooled	14.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiron	Westside
1-unit, detached	96.5%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Kiron	Westside
Poverty rate	42.5%	2.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1958	1942