Chapin vs Geneva

A side-by-side comparison of Chapin and Geneva: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Geneva has the higher population (168 vs 146 in Chapin). Chapin has the higher median household income ($70,377 vs $65,000 in Geneva). Chapin has the higher median home value ($85,900 vs $62,000 in Geneva).

Population, income & housing

	Chapin	Geneva
Population	146	168
Median age	39.7 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,377	$65,000
Median home value	$85,900	$62,000
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	90	74
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapin	Geneva
Population	130 → 146 (+12.3%)	103 → 168 (+63.1%)
Median household income	$44,605 → $70,377 (+57.8%)	$51,250 → $65,000 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $85,900 (+12.3%)	$57,000 → $62,000 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$608 → $625 (+2.8%)

Chapin

Population

130146

Median household income

$44,605$70,377

Median home value

$76,500$85,900

Geneva

Population

103168

Median household income

$51,250$65,000

Median home value

$57,000$62,000

Median gross rent

$608$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapin	Geneva
Under 5	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	24.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	36.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	4.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	34.9%	11.9%
75 and over	0.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapin	Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapin	Geneva
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree	47.7%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapin	Geneva
Drove alone	100.0%	90.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapin	Geneva
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chapin	Geneva
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.7%
Average household size	1.62	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	—	43
Median year structure built	1938	1938