Bayard vs Stuart

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

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

Stuart has the higher population (1,642 vs 399 in Bayard). Stuart has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $43,750 in Bayard). Stuart has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $57,700 in Bayard).

Population, income & housing

	Bayard	Stuart
Population	399	1,642
Median age	39.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$62,500
Median home value	$57,700	$152,300
Median gross rent	$917	$768
Housing units	207	745
Homeownership rate	78.1%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayard	Stuart
Population	399 → 399 (+0.0%)	1,573 → 1,642 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$41,316 → $43,750 (+5.9%)	$49,605 → $62,500 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$40,300 → $57,700 (+43.2%)	$96,000 → $152,300 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $917 (+40.9%)	$617 → $768 (+24.5%)

Bayard

Population

399399

Median household income

$41,316$43,750

Median home value

$40,300$57,700

Median gross rent

$651$917

Stuart

Population

1,5731,642

Median household income

$49,605$62,500

Median home value

$96,000$152,300

Median gross rent

$617$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayard	Stuart
Under 5	3.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	22.1%	11.2%
75 and over	3.5%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayard	Stuart
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	83.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayard	Stuart
No high school diploma	4.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	54.5%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayard	Stuart
Drove alone	85.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	11.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	1.7%	12.0%
Other means	0.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayard	Stuart
1-unit, detached	85.5%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayard	Stuart
Poverty rate	31.5%	17.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1942	1972