Iowa City vs Tiffin

A side-by-side comparison of Iowa City and Tiffin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Iowa City has the higher population (75,264 vs 5,271 in Tiffin). Tiffin has the higher median household income ($106,034 vs $57,533 in Iowa City). Tiffin has the higher median home value ($315,800 vs $273,600 in Iowa City).

Population, income & housing

	Iowa City	Tiffin
Population	75,264	5,271
Median age	26.3 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,533	$106,034
Median home value	$273,600	$315,800
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,367
Housing units	33,855	2,186
Homeownership rate	46.3%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.7%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iowa City	Tiffin
Population	74,950 → 75,264 (+0.4%)	3,351 → 5,271 (+57.3%)
Median household income	$49,075 → $57,533 (+17.2%)	$78,713 → $106,034 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $273,600 (+27.2%)	$233,000 → $315,800 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,094 (+13.1%)	$994 → $1,367 (+37.5%)

Iowa City

Population

74,95075,264

Median household income

$49,075$57,533

Median home value

$215,100$273,600

Median gross rent

$967$1,094

Tiffin

Population

3,3515,271

Median household income

$78,713$106,034

Median home value

$233,000$315,800

Median gross rent

$994$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iowa City	Tiffin
Under 5	4.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	9.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	33.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	7.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.8%
75 and over	5.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iowa City	Tiffin
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	79.2%
Black or African American	8.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	2.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iowa City	Tiffin
No high school diploma	3.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	13.7%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.6%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iowa City	Tiffin
Drove alone	56.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	2.1%
Public transit	6.7%	0.2%
Walked	14.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	17.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iowa City	Tiffin
1-unit, detached	40.5%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	45.3%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	21.9%	9.7%
20 or more units	18.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Iowa City	Tiffin
Poverty rate	26.3%	7.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1984	2011