De Soto vs Minburn

A side-by-side comparison of De Soto and Minburn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

De Soto has the higher population (943 vs 319 in Minburn). De Soto has the higher median household income ($92,500 vs $74,063 in Minburn). De Soto has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $132,600 in Minburn).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Minburn
Population	943	319
Median age	34.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,500	$74,063
Median home value	$210,500	$132,600
Median gross rent	$933	$921
Housing units	392	178
Homeownership rate	87.9%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Minburn
Population	1,025 → 943 (-8.0%)	344 → 319 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$67,019 → $92,500 (+38.0%)	$65,000 → $74,063 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $210,500 (+47.2%)	$106,300 → $132,600 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $933 (+35.2%)	$668 → $921 (+37.9%)

De Soto

Population

1,025943

Median household income

$67,019$92,500

Median home value

$143,000$210,500

Median gross rent

$690$933

Minburn

Population

344319

Median household income

$65,000$74,063

Median home value

$106,300$132,600

Median gross rent

$668$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Minburn
Under 5	7.5%	9.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	17.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.1%
75 and over	7.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Minburn
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Minburn
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	32.6%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Minburn
Drove alone	74.0%	82.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Minburn
1-unit, detached	81.6%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Minburn
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1976	1938