Drakesville vs Pulaski

A side-by-side comparison of Drakesville and Pulaski: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pulaski has the higher population (365 vs 152 in Drakesville). Drakesville has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $71,667 in Pulaski). Drakesville has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $83,800 in Pulaski).

Population, income & housing

	Drakesville	Pulaski
Population	152	365
Median age	43.5 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$71,667
Median home value	$110,800	$83,800
Median gross rent	—	$788
Housing units	61	142
Homeownership rate	96.5%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drakesville	Pulaski
Population	180 → 152 (-15.6%)	364 → 365 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$64,792 → $76,250 (+17.7%)	$65,179 → $71,667 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$62,800 → $110,800 (+76.4%)	$56,600 → $83,800 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$489 → $485 (-0.8%)	$770 → $788 (+2.3%)

Drakesville

Population

180152

Median household income

$64,792$76,250

Median home value

$62,800$110,800

Median gross rent

$489$485

Pulaski

Population

364365

Median household income

$65,179$71,667

Median home value

$56,600$83,800

Median gross rent

$770$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drakesville	Pulaski
Under 5	4.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	20.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	3.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	19.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	15.8%	5.8%
75 and over	10.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drakesville	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drakesville	Pulaski
No high school diploma	8.5%	13.1%
High school graduate	39.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drakesville	Pulaski
Drove alone	89.7%	83.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	3.4%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drakesville	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	95.1%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Drakesville	Pulaski
Poverty rate	5.9%	14.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1966	1938