Asbury vs Epworth

A side-by-side comparison of Asbury and Epworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Asbury has the higher population (5,949 vs 1,991 in Epworth). Asbury has the higher median household income ($130,071 vs $73,571 in Epworth). Asbury has the higher median home value ($312,400 vs $229,200 in Epworth).

Population, income & housing

	Asbury	Epworth
Population	5,949	1,991
Median age	37.3 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$130,071	$73,571
Median home value	$312,400	$229,200
Median gross rent	$1,379	$924
Housing units	2,146	745
Homeownership rate	92.3%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asbury	Epworth
Population	5,557 → 5,949 (+7.1%)	1,967 → 1,991 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$100,871 → $130,071 (+28.9%)	$70,238 → $73,571 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$255,500 → $312,400 (+22.3%)	$167,400 → $229,200 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $1,379 (+80.0%)	$704 → $924 (+31.3%)

Asbury

Population

5,5575,949

Median household income

$100,871$130,071

Median home value

$255,500$312,400

Median gross rent

$766$1,379

Epworth

Population

1,9671,991

Median household income

$70,238$73,571

Median home value

$167,400$229,200

Median gross rent

$704$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asbury	Epworth
Under 5	8.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	23.3%	21.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	12.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	17.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.2%
75 and over	5.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asbury	Epworth
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	95.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asbury	Epworth
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	21.9%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asbury	Epworth
Drove alone	87.6%	85.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asbury	Epworth
1-unit, detached	82.9%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Asbury	Epworth
Poverty rate	5.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.88	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	2003	1980