Blairsburg vs Kamrar

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

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

Blairsburg has the higher population (163 vs 145 in Kamrar). Blairsburg has the higher median household income ($83,000 vs $50,417 in Kamrar). Blairsburg has the higher median home value ($101,400 vs $68,000 in Kamrar).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsburg	Kamrar
Population	163	145
Median age	36.1 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,000	$50,417
Median home value	$101,400	$68,000
Median gross rent	—	$429
Housing units	72	97
Homeownership rate	95.2%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsburg	Kamrar
Population	168 → 163 (-3.0%)	163 → 145 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $83,000 (+35.5%)	$42,813 → $50,417 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $101,400 (+38.5%)	$38,300 → $68,000 (+77.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $429 (-49.5%)

Blairsburg

Population

168163

Median household income

$61,250$83,000

Median home value

$73,200$101,400

Kamrar

Population

163145

Median household income

$42,813$50,417

Median home value

$38,300$68,000

Median gross rent

$850$429

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairsburg	Kamrar
Under 5	8.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	22.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	2.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	4.9%	6.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	15.2%
75 and over	14.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairsburg	Kamrar
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsburg	Kamrar
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsburg	Kamrar
Drove alone	72.9%	70.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsburg	Kamrar
1-unit, detached	97.2%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Blairsburg	Kamrar
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.63	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1964	1938