Harper vs Hayesville

A side-by-side comparison of Harper and Hayesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harper has the higher population (130 vs 62 in Hayesville). Harper has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $43,750 in Hayesville). Harper has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $57,800 in Hayesville).

Population, income & housing

	Harper	Hayesville
Population	130	62
Median age	22.3 yrs	68.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,417	$43,750
Median home value	$95,000	$57,800
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	33	48
Homeownership rate	87.9%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harper	Hayesville
Population	86 → 130 (+51.2%)	40 → 62 (+55.0%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $70,417 (-1.2%)	$48,750 → $43,750 (-10.3%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $95,000 (+39.7%)	$34,400 → $57,800 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $850 (+16.3%)	—

Harper

Population

86130

Median household income

$71,250$70,417

Median home value

$68,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$731$850

Hayesville

Population

4062

Median household income

$48,750$43,750

Median home value

$34,400$57,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harper	Hayesville
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	32.3%	8.1%
18 to 24	15.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	3.2%
35 to 44	20.0%	1.6%
45 to 54	6.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	2.3%	17.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	25.8%
75 and over	1.5%	32.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harper	Hayesville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harper	Hayesville
No high school diploma	13.3%	1.8%
High school graduate	38.3%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harper	Hayesville
Drove alone	90.9%	95.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harper	Hayesville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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

	Harper	Hayesville
Poverty rate	7.0%	35.5%
Average household size	3.94	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	11
Median year structure built	1938	1938