Britt vs Kanawha

A side-by-side comparison of Britt and Kanawha: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Britt has the higher population (1,919 vs 805 in Kanawha). Kanawha has the higher median household income ($66,481 vs $64,257 in Britt). Britt has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $79,900 in Kanawha).

Population, income & housing

	Britt	Kanawha
Population	1,919	805
Median age	47.2 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,257	$66,481
Median home value	$96,300	$79,900
Median gross rent	$1,036	$525
Housing units	959	427
Homeownership rate	82.1%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Britt	Kanawha
Population	1,893 → 1,919 (+1.4%)	845 → 805 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $64,257 (+40.8%)	$43,906 → $66,481 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $96,300 (+21.0%)	$51,600 → $79,900 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,036 (+14.1%)	$569 → $525 (-7.7%)

Britt

Population

1,8931,919

Median household income

$45,625$64,257

Median home value

$79,600$96,300

Median gross rent

$908$1,036

Kanawha

Population

845805

Median household income

$43,906$66,481

Median home value

$51,600$79,900

Median gross rent

$569$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Britt	Kanawha
Under 5	5.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	18.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	6.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.7%
75 and over	17.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Britt	Kanawha
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Britt	Kanawha
No high school diploma	11.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	35.4%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Britt	Kanawha
Drove alone	78.8%	80.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	4.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.5%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Britt	Kanawha
1-unit, detached	90.6%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Britt	Kanawha
Poverty rate	11.9%	7.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1959	1953