Arthur vs Battle Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Arthur and Battle Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Arthur and Battle Creek are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Battle Creek has the higher population (822 vs 295 in Arthur). Battle Creek has the higher median household income ($59,519 vs $53,750 in Arthur). Battle Creek has the higher median home value ($72,300 vs $65,000 in Arthur).

Population, income & housing

	Arthur	Battle Creek
Population	295	822
Median age	36.4 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$59,519
Median home value	$65,000	$72,300
Median gross rent	$630	$450
Housing units	147	418
Homeownership rate	62.9%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arthur	Battle Creek
Population	282 → 295 (+4.6%)	748 → 822 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$42,625 → $53,750 (+26.1%)	$49,563 → $59,519 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $65,000 (+35.1%)	$53,400 → $72,300 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $630 (+9.6%)	$496 → $450 (-9.3%)

Arthur

Population

282295

Median household income

$42,625$53,750

Median home value

$48,100$65,000

Median gross rent

$575$630

Battle Creek

Population

748822

Median household income

$49,563$59,519

Median home value

$53,400$72,300

Median gross rent

$496$450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arthur	Battle Creek
Under 5	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	28.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	5.8%	3.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	7.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.5%
75 and over	6.8%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arthur	Battle Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	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	5.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arthur	Battle Creek
No high school diploma	1.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	43.1%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arthur	Battle Creek
Drove alone	86.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arthur	Battle Creek
1-unit, detached	70.7%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	24.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Arthur	Battle Creek
Poverty rate	17.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1951	1938