Lime Springs vs Protivin

A side-by-side comparison of Lime Springs and Protivin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lime Springs has the higher population (410 vs 368 in Protivin). Protivin has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $62,083 in Lime Springs). Protivin has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $101,900 in Lime Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Lime Springs	Protivin
Population	410	368
Median age	38.2 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,083	$63,438
Median home value	$101,900	$107,700
Median gross rent	$658	$582
Housing units	246	165
Homeownership rate	84.7%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lime Springs	Protivin
Population	508 → 410 (-19.3%)	391 → 368 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$59,821 → $62,083 (+3.8%)	$46,750 → $63,438 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $101,900 (+25.2%)	$81,100 → $107,700 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$414 → $658 (+58.9%)	$575 → $582 (+1.2%)

Lime Springs

Population

508410

Median household income

$59,821$62,083

Median home value

$81,400$101,900

Median gross rent

$414$658

Protivin

Population

391368

Median household income

$46,750$63,438

Median home value

$81,100$107,700

Median gross rent

$575$582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lime Springs	Protivin
Under 5	7.3%	13.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	18.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	5.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.7%
75 and over	5.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lime Springs	Protivin
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lime Springs	Protivin
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	45.8%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lime Springs	Protivin
Drove alone	83.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.1%	11.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lime Springs	Protivin
1-unit, detached	91.1%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Lime Springs	Protivin
Poverty rate	8.0%	1.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1938	1955