Churdan vs Paton

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

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

Churdan has the higher population (473 vs 210 in Paton). Churdan has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $62,292 in Paton). Churdan has the higher median home value ($71,400 vs $70,000 in Paton).

Population, income & housing

	Churdan	Paton
Population	473	210
Median age	32.8 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$62,292
Median home value	$71,400	$70,000
Median gross rent	$967	$500
Housing units	203	95
Homeownership rate	84.9%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Churdan	Paton
Population	453 → 473 (+4.4%)	178 → 210 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $72,500 (+54.7%)	$64,500 → $62,292 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$48,600 → $71,400 (+46.9%)	$62,500 → $70,000 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $967 (+80.7%)	$394 → $500 (+26.9%)

Churdan

Population

453473

Median household income

$46,875$72,500

Median home value

$48,600$71,400

Median gross rent

$535$967

Paton

Population

178210

Median household income

$64,500$62,292

Median home value

$62,500$70,000

Median gross rent

$394$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Churdan	Paton
Under 5	3.2%	11.0%
5 to 17	28.8%	10.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	19.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	6.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	12.9%
75 and over	8.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Churdan	Paton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Churdan	Paton
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	38.8%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Churdan	Paton
Drove alone	74.6%	92.9%
Carpooled	23.0%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Churdan	Paton
1-unit, detached	86.7%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Churdan	Paton
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.2%
Average household size	2.85	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1938	1951