Cascade vs Epworth

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

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

Cascade has the higher population (2,565 vs 1,991 in Epworth). Epworth has the higher median household income ($73,571 vs $69,861 in Cascade). Epworth has the higher median home value ($229,200 vs $196,100 in Cascade).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade	Epworth
Population	2,565	1,991
Median age	30.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,861	$73,571
Median home value	$196,100	$229,200
Median gross rent	$822	$924
Housing units	973	745
Homeownership rate	68.7%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade	Epworth
Population	2,113 → 2,565 (+21.4%)	1,967 → 1,991 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$53,508 → $69,861 (+30.6%)	$70,238 → $73,571 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $196,100 (+33.4%)	$167,400 → $229,200 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $822 (+8.9%)	$704 → $924 (+31.3%)

Cascade

Population

2,1132,565

Median household income

$53,508$69,861

Median home value

$147,000$196,100

Median gross rent

$755$822

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)

	Cascade	Epworth
Under 5	13.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	21.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	12.1%
25 to 34	20.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.2%
75 and over	7.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade	Epworth
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade	Epworth
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.6%
High school graduate	32.1%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade	Epworth
Drove alone	75.8%	85.4%
Carpooled	13.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade	Epworth
1-unit, detached	74.3%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Cascade	Epworth
Poverty rate	10.6%	3.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1976	1980