Blairsburg vs Jewell Junction

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

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

Jewell Junction has the higher population (1,225 vs 163 in Blairsburg). Blairsburg has the higher median household income ($83,000 vs $75,313 in Jewell Junction). Jewell Junction has the higher median home value ($128,300 vs $101,400 in Blairsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsburg	Jewell Junction
Population	163	1,225
Median age	36.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,000	$75,313
Median home value	$101,400	$128,300
Median gross rent	—	$863
Housing units	72	595
Homeownership rate	95.2%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsburg	Jewell Junction
Population	168 → 163 (-3.0%)	1,187 → 1,225 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $83,000 (+35.5%)	$67,188 → $75,313 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $101,400 (+38.5%)	$112,600 → $128,300 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$761 → $863 (+13.4%)

Blairsburg

Population

168163

Median household income

$61,250$83,000

Median home value

$73,200$101,400

Jewell Junction

Population

1,1871,225

Median household income

$67,188$75,313

Median home value

$112,600$128,300

Median gross rent

$761$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairsburg	Jewell Junction
Under 5	8.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	2.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	4.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	18.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	5.9%
75 and over	14.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairsburg	Jewell Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsburg	Jewell Junction
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	38.9%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsburg	Jewell Junction
Drove alone	72.9%	85.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	17.1%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsburg	Jewell Junction
1-unit, detached	97.2%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Blairsburg	Jewell Junction
Poverty rate	8.6%	8.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1964	1951