Baxter vs Kellogg

A side-by-side comparison of Baxter and Kellogg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baxter has the higher population (1,251 vs 611 in Kellogg). Baxter has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $37,500 in Kellogg). Baxter has the higher median home value ($162,300 vs $85,000 in Kellogg).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Kellogg
Population	1,251	611
Median age	33.0 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$37,500
Median home value	$162,300	$85,000
Median gross rent	$693	$766
Housing units	480	275
Homeownership rate	75.2%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	19.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Kellogg
Population	1,004 → 1,251 (+24.6%)	571 → 611 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$59,276 → $60,625 (+2.3%)	$45,833 → $37,500 (-18.2%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $162,300 (+27.0%)	$81,000 → $85,000 (+4.9%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $693 (+0.0%)	$675 → $766 (+13.5%)

Baxter

Population

1,0041,251

Median household income

$59,276$60,625

Median home value

$127,800$162,300

Median gross rent

$693$693

Kellogg

Population

571611

Median household income

$45,833$37,500

Median home value

$81,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$675$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Kellogg
Under 5	10.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	23.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	7.8%	19.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.3%
75 and over	7.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Kellogg
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Kellogg
No high school diploma	8.4%	11.8%
High school graduate	27.0%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Kellogg
Drove alone	83.9%	73.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	6.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Kellogg
1-unit, detached	80.0%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Kellogg
Poverty rate	15.3%	26.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1969	1938