Steamboat Rock vs Union

A side-by-side comparison of Steamboat Rock and Union: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Union has the higher population (391 vs 235 in Steamboat Rock). Union has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $44,583 in Steamboat Rock). Steamboat Rock has the higher median home value ($78,300 vs $72,600 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	Steamboat Rock	Union
Population	235	391
Median age	48.6 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,583	$60,000
Median home value	$78,300	$72,600
Median gross rent	$755	$775
Housing units	152	226
Homeownership rate	70.2%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Steamboat Rock	Union
Population	283 → 235 (-17.0%)	380 → 391 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $44,583 (+2.9%)	$44,167 → $60,000 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $78,300 (+17.7%)	$68,100 → $72,600 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $755 (+29.3%)	$536 → $775 (+44.6%)

Steamboat Rock

Population

283235

Median household income

$43,333$44,583

Median home value

$66,500$78,300

Median gross rent

$584$755

Union

Population

380391

Median household income

$44,167$60,000

Median home value

$68,100$72,600

Median gross rent

$536$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Steamboat Rock	Union
Under 5	1.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	7.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	6.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	25.6%
55 to 64	18.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	15.1%
75 and over	11.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Steamboat Rock	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Steamboat Rock	Union
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	38.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Steamboat Rock	Union
Drove alone	60.7%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	2.4%
Other means	14.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Steamboat Rock	Union
1-unit, detached	84.9%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Steamboat Rock	Union
Poverty rate	7.7%	15.1%
Average household size	1.90	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1938	1955