Balltown vs Zwingle

A side-by-side comparison of Balltown and Zwingle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Balltown has the higher population (88 vs 81 in Zwingle). Balltown has the higher median home value ($261,500 vs $126,800 in Zwingle). Since 2019, Balltown's population has grown faster (+51.7% vs +22.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Balltown	Zwingle
Population	88	81
Median age	41.5 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,625	—
Median home value	$261,500	$126,800
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	30	39
Homeownership rate	93.3%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	2.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balltown	Zwingle
Population	58 → 88 (+51.7%)	66 → 81 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $125,625 (+76.3%)	$48,125 → $51,786 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$193,800 → $261,500 (+34.9%)	$82,500 → $126,800 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $817 (-0.4%)	$725 → $850 (+17.2%)

Balltown

Population

5888

Median household income

$71,250$125,625

Median home value

$193,800$261,500

Median gross rent

$820$817

Zwingle

Population

6681

Median household income

$48,125$51,786

Median home value

$82,500$126,800

Median gross rent

$725$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balltown	Zwingle
Under 5	4.5%	11.1%
5 to 17	30.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	17.3%
45 to 54	20.5%	6.2%
55 to 64	8.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	1.2%
75 and over	8.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balltown	Zwingle
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balltown	Zwingle
No high school diploma	3.5%	27.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balltown	Zwingle
Drove alone	86.0%	53.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	36.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balltown	Zwingle
1-unit, detached	100.0%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Balltown	Zwingle
Poverty rate	2.3%	42.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1965	1959