Beaverdale vs Mediapolis

A side-by-side comparison of Beaverdale and Mediapolis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mediapolis has the higher population (1,930 vs 905 in Beaverdale). Mediapolis has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $66,000 in Beaverdale). Beaverdale has the higher median home value ($171,200 vs $167,300 in Mediapolis).

Population, income & housing

	Beaverdale	Mediapolis
Population	905	1,930
Median age	50.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,000	$71,250
Median home value	$171,200	$167,300
Median gross rent	$1,369	$968
Housing units	413	770
Homeownership rate	87.8%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaverdale	Mediapolis
Population	1,002 → 905 (-9.7%)	1,795 → 1,930 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$61,917 → $66,000 (+6.6%)	$59,545 → $71,250 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $171,200 (+78.7%)	$118,800 → $167,300 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,369 (+59.0%)	$602 → $968 (+60.8%)

Beaverdale

Population

1,002905

Median household income

$61,917$66,000

Median home value

$95,800$171,200

Median gross rent

$861$1,369

Mediapolis

Population

1,7951,930

Median household income

$59,545$71,250

Median home value

$118,800$167,300

Median gross rent

$602$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaverdale	Mediapolis
Under 5	9.9%	11.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	2.6%
25 to 34	5.1%	17.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	7.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.5%
75 and over	8.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaverdale	Mediapolis
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaverdale	Mediapolis
No high school diploma	14.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	29.8%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaverdale	Mediapolis
Drove alone	68.1%	83.6%
Carpooled	13.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	18.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaverdale	Mediapolis
1-unit, detached	64.6%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.4%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Beaverdale	Mediapolis
Poverty rate	20.4%	9.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	11	24
Median year structure built	1979	1967