Bayard vs Panora

A side-by-side comparison of Bayard and Panora: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Panora has the higher population (1,520 vs 399 in Bayard). Panora has the higher median household income ($65,500 vs $43,750 in Bayard). Panora has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $57,700 in Bayard).

Population, income & housing

	Bayard	Panora
Population	399	1,520
Median age	39.1 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$65,500
Median home value	$57,700	$164,500
Median gross rent	$917	$965
Housing units	207	680
Homeownership rate	78.1%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayard	Panora
Population	399 → 399 (+0.0%)	1,228 → 1,520 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$41,316 → $43,750 (+5.9%)	$56,974 → $65,500 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$40,300 → $57,700 (+43.2%)	$118,200 → $164,500 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $917 (+40.9%)	$832 → $965 (+16.0%)

Bayard

Population

399399

Median household income

$41,316$43,750

Median home value

$40,300$57,700

Median gross rent

$651$917

Panora

Population

1,2281,520

Median household income

$56,974$65,500

Median home value

$118,200$164,500

Median gross rent

$832$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayard	Panora
Under 5	3.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	17.7%
45 to 54	6.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	22.1%	12.4%
75 and over	3.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayard	Panora
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.8%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayard	Panora
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	54.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayard	Panora
Drove alone	85.0%	65.0%
Carpooled	11.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	19.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayard	Panora
1-unit, detached	85.5%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bayard	Panora
Poverty rate	31.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1942	1956