Colesburg vs Earlville

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

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

Earlville has the higher population (864 vs 585 in Colesburg). Earlville has the higher median household income ($71,125 vs $50,000 in Colesburg). Earlville has the higher median home value ($148,100 vs $103,700 in Colesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Colesburg	Earlville
Population	585	864
Median age	51.9 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$71,125
Median home value	$103,700	$148,100
Median gross rent	$494	$770
Housing units	272	366
Homeownership rate	82.3%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colesburg	Earlville
Population	460 → 585 (+27.2%)	774 → 864 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$49,643 → $50,000 (+0.7%)	$58,661 → $71,125 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $103,700 (+13.3%)	$97,100 → $148,100 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $494 (-5.2%)	$589 → $770 (+30.7%)

Colesburg

Population

460585

Median household income

$49,643$50,000

Median home value

$91,500$103,700

Median gross rent

$521$494

Earlville

Population

774864

Median household income

$58,661$71,125

Median home value

$97,100$148,100

Median gross rent

$589$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colesburg	Earlville
Under 5	3.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.4%
55 to 64	18.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	15.6%	14.0%
75 and over	12.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colesburg	Earlville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	95.7%
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	6.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colesburg	Earlville
No high school diploma	11.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	50.4%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colesburg	Earlville
Drove alone	71.4%	87.0%
Carpooled	15.9%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	10.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	6.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colesburg	Earlville
1-unit, detached	86.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Colesburg	Earlville
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1946	1954