Hawkeye vs Westgate

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

Hawkeye and Westgate 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 211 in Westgate). Hawkeye has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $52,188 in Westgate). Westgate has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $78,900 in Hawkeye).

Population, income & housing

	Hawkeye	Westgate
Population	521	211
Median age	38.1 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$52,188
Median home value	$78,900	$92,500
Median gross rent	$708	$925
Housing units	212	100
Homeownership rate	76.3%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawkeye	Westgate
Population	430 → 521 (+21.2%)	224 → 211 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$55,250 → $62,917 (+13.9%)	$50,833 → $52,188 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $78,900 (+10.8%)	$67,500 → $92,500 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $708 (+8.4%)	$600 → $925 (+54.2%)

Hawkeye

Population

430521

Median household income

$55,250$62,917

Median home value

$71,200$78,900

Median gross rent

$653$708

Westgate

Population

224211

Median household income

$50,833$52,188

Median home value

$67,500$92,500

Median gross rent

$600$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawkeye	Westgate
Under 5	8.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	2.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	22.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	7.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	19.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.8%
75 and over	9.2%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawkeye	Westgate
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	8.5%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawkeye	Westgate
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	47.1%	65.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawkeye	Westgate
Drove alone	76.4%	86.8%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawkeye	Westgate
1-unit, detached	88.2%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Hawkeye	Westgate
Poverty rate	3.5%	26.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1938	1942