Kanawha vs Woden

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

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

Kanawha has the higher population (805 vs 184 in Woden). Kanawha has the higher median household income ($66,481 vs $52,083 in Woden). Kanawha has the higher median home value ($79,900 vs $72,100 in Woden).

Population, income & housing

	Kanawha	Woden
Population	805	184
Median age	34.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,481	$52,083
Median home value	$79,900	$72,100
Median gross rent	$525	—
Housing units	427	113
Homeownership rate	85.5%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kanawha	Woden
Population	845 → 805 (-4.7%)	198 → 184 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$43,906 → $66,481 (+51.4%)	$42,083 → $52,083 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$51,600 → $79,900 (+54.8%)	$47,100 → $72,100 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $525 (-7.7%)	—

Kanawha

Population

845805

Median household income

$43,906$66,481

Median home value

$51,600$79,900

Median gross rent

$569$525

Woden

Population

198184

Median household income

$42,083$52,083

Median home value

$47,100$72,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kanawha	Woden
Under 5	2.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	22.3%
18 to 24	18.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	6.7%	19.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.2%
75 and over	9.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kanawha	Woden
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	85.3%
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	1.7%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kanawha	Woden
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	36.5%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kanawha	Woden
Drove alone	80.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kanawha	Woden
1-unit, detached	91.8%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Kanawha	Woden
Poverty rate	7.3%	20.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1953	1945