Charles City vs Floyd

A side-by-side comparison of Charles City and Floyd: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charles City has the higher population (7,321 vs 308 in Floyd). Floyd has the higher median household income ($61,000 vs $56,734 in Charles City). Charles City has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $106,700 in Floyd).

Population, income & housing

	Charles City	Floyd
Population	7,321	308
Median age	42.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,734	$61,000
Median home value	$118,900	$106,700
Median gross rent	$628	$850
Housing units	3,621	157
Homeownership rate	65.8%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charles City	Floyd
Population	7,396 → 7,321 (-1.0%)	335 → 308 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$41,060 → $56,734 (+38.2%)	$60,625 → $61,000 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $118,900 (+27.0%)	$83,800 → $106,700 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $628 (+18.5%)	$513 → $850 (+65.7%)

Charles City

Population

7,3967,321

Median household income

$41,060$56,734

Median home value

$93,600$118,900

Median gross rent

$530$628

Floyd

Population

335308

Median household income

$60,625$61,000

Median home value

$83,800$106,700

Median gross rent

$513$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charles City	Floyd
Under 5	4.8%	9.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	18.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	14.3%
75 and over	12.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charles City	Floyd
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charles City	Floyd
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	41.8%	49.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charles City	Floyd
Drove alone	77.8%	68.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	15.3%
Other means	0.4%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charles City	Floyd
1-unit, detached	74.7%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Charles City	Floyd
Poverty rate	13.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1962	1944