Homestead vs South Amana

A side-by-side comparison of Homestead and South Amana: population, income, housing, and more.

Homestead and South Amana are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Homestead has the higher population (149 vs 126 in South Amana). South Amana has the higher median household income ($107,250 vs $82,969 in Homestead). South Amana has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $140,500 in Homestead).

Population, income & housing

	Homestead	South Amana
Population	149	126
Median age	35.2 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,969	$107,250
Median home value	$140,500	$287,500
Housing units	53	29
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homestead	South Amana
Population	152 → 149 (-2.0%)	117 → 126 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$50,515 → $82,969 (+64.2%)	—
Median home value	$150,700 → $140,500 (-6.8%)	$244,400 → $287,500 (+17.6%)

Homestead

Population

152149

Median household income

$50,515$82,969

Median home value

$150,700$140,500

South Amana

Population

117126

Median home value

$244,400$287,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homestead	South Amana
Under 5	14.8%	15.9%
5 to 17	26.2%	34.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	25.4%
35 to 44	8.7%	20.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	4.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	0.0%
75 and over	10.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homestead	South Amana
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homestead	South Amana
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.5%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	62.5%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homestead	South Amana
Drove alone	100.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homestead	South Amana
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	34.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Homestead	South Amana
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.81	4.34
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938