Blairsburg vs Stanhope

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

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

Stanhope has the higher population (515 vs 163 in Blairsburg). Blairsburg has the higher median household income ($83,000 vs $64,479 in Stanhope). Stanhope has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $101,400 in Blairsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsburg	Stanhope
Population	163	515
Median age	36.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,000	$64,479
Median home value	$101,400	$106,400
Median gross rent	—	$564
Housing units	72	230
Homeownership rate	95.2%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsburg	Stanhope
Population	168 → 163 (-3.0%)	405 → 515 (+27.2%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $83,000 (+35.5%)	$44,821 → $64,479 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $101,400 (+38.5%)	$81,900 → $106,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$608 → $564 (-7.2%)

Blairsburg

Population

168163

Median household income

$61,250$83,000

Median home value

$73,200$101,400

Stanhope

Population

405515

Median household income

$44,821$64,479

Median home value

$81,900$106,400

Median gross rent

$608$564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairsburg	Stanhope
Under 5	8.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	22.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	2.5%	13.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	4.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.3%
75 and over	14.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairsburg	Stanhope
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsburg	Stanhope
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	38.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsburg	Stanhope
Drove alone	72.9%	80.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsburg	Stanhope
1-unit, detached	97.2%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Blairsburg	Stanhope
Poverty rate	8.6%	11.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1964	1950