California Junction vs Pisgah

A side-by-side comparison of California Junction and Pisgah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pisgah has the higher population (261 vs 32 in California Junction). Since 2019, Pisgah's population has grown faster (+0.0% vs -41.8%).

Population, income & housing

	California Junction	Pisgah
Population	32	261
Median age	29.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,750
Median home value	—	$75,000
Median gross rent	—	$739
Housing units	12	151
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	California Junction	Pisgah
Population	55 → 32 (-41.8%)	261 → 261 (+0.0%)
Median household income	—	$39,792 → $56,750 (+42.6%)
Median home value	—	$64,200 → $75,000 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $739 (+20.6%)

California Junction

Population

5532

Pisgah

Population

261261

Median household income

$39,792$56,750

Median home value

$64,200$75,000

Median gross rent

$613$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	California Junction	Pisgah
Under 5	40.6%	0.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.6%
25 to 34	43.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	22.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.0%
75 and over	15.6%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	California Junction	Pisgah
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.6%
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	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	California Junction	Pisgah
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	63.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	California Junction	Pisgah
Drove alone	100.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	California Junction	Pisgah
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	California Junction	Pisgah
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	40
Median year structure built	—	1938