Earlville vs Ryan

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

Earlville and Ryan 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 383 in Ryan). Ryan has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $71,125 in Earlville). Both have a median home value of $148,100.

Population, income & housing

	Earlville	Ryan
Population	864	383
Median age	43.1 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,125	$77,500
Median home value	$148,100	$148,100
Median gross rent	$770	$914
Housing units	366	161
Homeownership rate	81.2%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlville	Ryan
Population	774 → 864 (+11.6%)	418 → 383 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$58,661 → $71,125 (+21.2%)	$65,104 → $77,500 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $148,100 (+52.5%)	$108,500 → $148,100 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $770 (+30.7%)	$556 → $914 (+64.4%)

Earlville

Population

774864

Median household income

$58,661$71,125

Median home value

$97,100$148,100

Median gross rent

$589$770

Ryan

Population

418383

Median household income

$65,104$77,500

Median home value

$108,500$148,100

Median gross rent

$556$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlville	Ryan
Under 5	6.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	23.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.5%
75 and over	9.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlville	Ryan
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlville	Ryan
No high school diploma	7.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	44.0%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlville	Ryan
Drove alone	87.0%	89.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.7%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlville	Ryan
1-unit, detached	90.2%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Earlville	Ryan
Poverty rate	6.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1954	1960