Churdan vs Jefferson

A side-by-side comparison of Churdan and Jefferson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jefferson has the higher population (4,164 vs 473 in Churdan). Churdan has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $54,286 in Jefferson). Jefferson has the higher median home value ($126,900 vs $71,400 in Churdan).

Population, income & housing

	Churdan	Jefferson
Population	473	4,164
Median age	32.8 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$54,286
Median home value	$71,400	$126,900
Median gross rent	$967	$745
Housing units	203	2,286
Homeownership rate	84.9%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Churdan	Jefferson
Population	453 → 473 (+4.4%)	4,137 → 4,164 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $72,500 (+54.7%)	$46,008 → $54,286 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$48,600 → $71,400 (+46.9%)	$94,100 → $126,900 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $967 (+80.7%)	$648 → $745 (+15.0%)

Churdan

Population

453473

Median household income

$46,875$72,500

Median home value

$48,600$71,400

Median gross rent

$535$967

Jefferson

Population

4,1374,164

Median household income

$46,008$54,286

Median home value

$94,100$126,900

Median gross rent

$648$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Churdan	Jefferson
Under 5	3.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	28.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	5.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	14.2%
75 and over	8.0%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Churdan	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Churdan	Jefferson
No high school diploma	10.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	38.8%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Churdan	Jefferson
Drove alone	74.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	23.0%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	1.9%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Churdan	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	86.7%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Churdan	Jefferson
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.85	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1938	1958