Steamboat Rock vs Whitten

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

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

Steamboat Rock has the higher population (235 vs 125 in Whitten). Whitten has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $44,583 in Steamboat Rock). Steamboat Rock has the higher median home value ($78,300 vs $49,000 in Whitten).

Population, income & housing

	Steamboat Rock	Whitten
Population	235	125
Median age	48.6 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,583	$68,750
Median home value	$78,300	$49,000
Median gross rent	$755	—
Housing units	152	101
Homeownership rate	70.2%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Steamboat Rock	Whitten
Population	283 → 235 (-17.0%)	190 → 125 (-34.2%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $44,583 (+2.9%)	$40,250 → $68,750 (+70.8%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $78,300 (+17.7%)	$44,100 → $49,000 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $755 (+29.3%)	—

Steamboat Rock

Population

283235

Median household income

$43,333$44,583

Median home value

$66,500$78,300

Median gross rent

$584$755

Whitten

Population

190125

Median household income

$40,250$68,750

Median home value

$44,100$49,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Steamboat Rock	Whitten
Under 5	1.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	0.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	6.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	18.3%	24.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	7.2%
75 and over	11.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Steamboat Rock	Whitten
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Steamboat Rock	Whitten
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	38.4%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Steamboat Rock	Whitten
Drove alone	60.7%	90.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	0.0%
Other means	14.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Steamboat Rock	Whitten
1-unit, detached	84.9%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Steamboat Rock	Whitten
Poverty rate	7.7%	4.8%
Average household size	1.90	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938