Blairsburg vs Ellsworth

A side-by-side comparison of Blairsburg and Ellsworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellsworth has the higher population (525 vs 163 in Blairsburg). Blairsburg has the higher median household income ($83,000 vs $73,021 in Ellsworth). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $101,400 in Blairsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsburg	Ellsworth
Population	163	525
Median age	36.1 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,000	$73,021
Median home value	$101,400	$125,000
Median gross rent	—	$931
Housing units	72	225
Homeownership rate	95.2%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsburg	Ellsworth
Population	168 → 163 (-3.0%)	510 → 525 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $83,000 (+35.5%)	$68,571 → $73,021 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $101,400 (+38.5%)	$83,700 → $125,000 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$868 → $931 (+7.3%)

Blairsburg

Population

168163

Median household income

$61,250$83,000

Median home value

$73,200$101,400

Ellsworth

Population

510525

Median household income

$68,571$73,021

Median home value

$83,700$125,000

Median gross rent

$868$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairsburg	Ellsworth
Under 5	8.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	22.7%	22.1%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	16.0%	18.7%
35 to 44	4.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.5%
75 and over	14.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairsburg	Ellsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	91.6%
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	2.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsburg	Ellsworth
No high school diploma	3.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	38.9%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsburg	Ellsworth
Drove alone	72.9%	89.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	17.1%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsburg	Ellsworth
1-unit, detached	97.2%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Blairsburg	Ellsworth
Poverty rate	8.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1964	1938