Colesburg vs Delhi

A side-by-side comparison of Colesburg and Delhi: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Colesburg has the higher population (585 vs 499 in Delhi). Delhi has the higher median household income ($84,079 vs $50,000 in Colesburg). Delhi has the higher median home value ($161,500 vs $103,700 in Colesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Colesburg	Delhi
Population	585	499
Median age	51.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$84,079
Median home value	$103,700	$161,500
Median gross rent	$494	$892
Housing units	272	269
Homeownership rate	82.3%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colesburg	Delhi
Population	460 → 585 (+27.2%)	487 → 499 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$49,643 → $50,000 (+0.7%)	$63,750 → $84,079 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $103,700 (+13.3%)	$118,500 → $161,500 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $494 (-5.2%)	$638 → $892 (+39.8%)

Colesburg

Population

460585

Median household income

$49,643$50,000

Median home value

$91,500$103,700

Median gross rent

$521$494

Delhi

Population

487499

Median household income

$63,750$84,079

Median home value

$118,500$161,500

Median gross rent

$638$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colesburg	Delhi
Under 5	3.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	2.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	19.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	12.2%
75 and over	12.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colesburg	Delhi
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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	6.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colesburg	Delhi
No high school diploma	11.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	50.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colesburg	Delhi
Drove alone	71.4%	84.5%
Carpooled	15.9%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colesburg	Delhi
1-unit, detached	86.8%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Colesburg	Delhi
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.2%
Average household size	2.36	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1946	1976