Hawkeye vs Waucoma

A side-by-side comparison of Hawkeye and Waucoma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hawkeye has the higher population (521 vs 330 in Waucoma). Waucoma has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $62,917 in Hawkeye). Waucoma has the higher median home value ($102,100 vs $78,900 in Hawkeye).

Population, income & housing

	Hawkeye	Waucoma
Population	521	330
Median age	38.1 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$71,250
Median home value	$78,900	$102,100
Median gross rent	$708	$588
Housing units	212	136
Homeownership rate	76.3%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawkeye	Waucoma
Population	430 → 521 (+21.2%)	223 → 330 (+48.0%)
Median household income	$55,250 → $62,917 (+13.9%)	$49,167 → $71,250 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $78,900 (+10.8%)	$66,300 → $102,100 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $708 (+8.4%)	$448 → $588 (+31.3%)

Hawkeye

Population

430521

Median household income

$55,250$62,917

Median home value

$71,200$78,900

Median gross rent

$653$708

Waucoma

Population

223330

Median household income

$49,167$71,250

Median home value

$66,300$102,100

Median gross rent

$448$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawkeye	Waucoma
Under 5	8.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.3%
18 to 24	2.5%	22.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	7.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	5.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	17.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.2%
75 and over	9.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawkeye	Waucoma
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	97.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	3.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawkeye	Waucoma
No high school diploma	9.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	47.1%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawkeye	Waucoma
Drove alone	76.4%	85.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	1.9%
Other means	0.7%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawkeye	Waucoma
1-unit, detached	88.2%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Hawkeye	Waucoma
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1938	1972