Harper vs South English

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

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

South English has the higher population (212 vs 130 in Harper). Harper has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $50,208 in South English). Harper has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $77,200 in South English).

Population, income & housing

	Harper	South English
Population	130	212
Median age	22.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,417	$50,208
Median home value	$95,000	$77,200
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	33	110
Homeownership rate	87.9%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harper	South English
Population	86 → 130 (+51.2%)	300 → 212 (-29.3%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $70,417 (-1.2%)	$41,667 → $50,208 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $95,000 (+39.7%)	$55,600 → $77,200 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $850 (+16.3%)	$760 → $754 (-0.8%)

Harper

Population

86130

Median household income

$71,250$70,417

Median home value

$68,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$731$850

South English

Population

300212

Median household income

$41,667$50,208

Median home value

$55,600$77,200

Median gross rent

$760$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harper	South English
Under 5	6.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	32.3%	12.7%
18 to 24	15.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	19.8%
35 to 44	20.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	6.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	2.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.8%
75 and over	1.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harper	South English
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harper	South English
No high school diploma	13.3%	10.5%
High school graduate	38.3%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harper	South English
Drove alone	90.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harper	South English
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.4%
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%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Harper	South English
Poverty rate	7.0%	17.5%
Average household size	3.94	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	33
Median year structure built	1938	1942