Armstrong vs Estherville

A side-by-side comparison of Armstrong and Estherville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Estherville has the higher population (5,865 vs 709 in Armstrong). Estherville has the higher median household income ($54,624 vs $52,279 in Armstrong). Estherville has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $86,400 in Armstrong).

Population, income & housing

	Armstrong	Estherville
Population	709	5,865
Median age	62.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,279	$54,624
Median home value	$86,400	$96,300
Median gross rent	$632	$739
Housing units	409	2,797
Homeownership rate	84.5%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Armstrong	Estherville
Population	880 → 709 (-19.4%)	5,796 → 5,865 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$43,676 → $52,279 (+19.7%)	$46,493 → $54,624 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $86,400 (+19.3%)	$84,600 → $96,300 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $632 (+7.8%)	$729 → $739 (+1.4%)

Armstrong

Population

880709

Median household income

$43,676$52,279

Median home value

$72,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$586$632

Estherville

Population

5,7965,865

Median household income

$46,493$54,624

Median home value

$84,600$96,300

Median gross rent

$729$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Armstrong	Estherville
Under 5	5.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	5.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	25.7%	12.5%
75 and over	19.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Armstrong	Estherville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	81.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Armstrong	Estherville
No high school diploma	4.0%	16.9%
High school graduate	50.3%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Armstrong	Estherville
Drove alone	95.2%	74.8%
Carpooled	1.8%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	1.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Armstrong	Estherville
1-unit, detached	82.4%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Armstrong	Estherville
Poverty rate	6.1%	12.8%
Average household size	1.94	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1953	1956