Union vs Whitten

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

Union and Whitten 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 125 in Whitten). Whitten has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $60,000 in Union). Union has the higher median home value ($72,600 vs $49,000 in Whitten).

Population, income & housing

	Union	Whitten
Population	391	125
Median age	49.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$68,750
Median home value	$72,600	$49,000
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	226	101
Homeownership rate	85.9%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Union	Whitten
Population	380 → 391 (+2.9%)	190 → 125 (-34.2%)
Median household income	$44,167 → $60,000 (+35.8%)	$40,250 → $68,750 (+70.8%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $72,600 (+6.6%)	$44,100 → $49,000 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $775 (+44.6%)	—

Union

Population

380391

Median household income

$44,167$60,000

Median home value

$68,100$72,600

Median gross rent

$536$775

Whitten

Population

190125

Median household income

$40,250$68,750

Median home value

$44,100$49,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Union	Whitten
Under 5	3.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	7.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	0.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	8.0%
45 to 54	25.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	18.4%	24.0%
65 to 74	15.1%	7.2%
75 and over	9.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Union	Whitten
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Union	Whitten
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Union	Whitten
Drove alone	82.5%	90.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Union	Whitten
1-unit, detached	92.5%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Union	Whitten
Poverty rate	15.1%	4.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1955	1938