Burt vs Whittemore

A side-by-side comparison of Burt and Whittemore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whittemore has the higher population (576 vs 506 in Burt). Whittemore has the higher median household income ($77,054 vs $61,250 in Burt). Whittemore has the higher median home value ($88,700 vs $76,000 in Burt).

Population, income & housing

	Burt	Whittemore
Population	506	576
Median age	38.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$77,054
Median home value	$76,000	$88,700
Median gross rent	—	$508
Housing units	237	315
Homeownership rate	89.4%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burt	Whittemore
Population	512 → 506 (-1.2%)	497 → 576 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $61,250 (+30.7%)	$53,864 → $77,054 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$50,300 → $76,000 (+51.1%)	$64,000 → $88,700 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $821 (+28.5%)	$546 → $508 (-7.0%)

Burt

Population

512506

Median household income

$46,875$61,250

Median home value

$50,300$76,000

Median gross rent

$639$821

Whittemore

Population

497576

Median household income

$53,864$77,054

Median home value

$64,000$88,700

Median gross rent

$546$508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burt	Whittemore
Under 5	6.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	3.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	5.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	18.4%	11.3%
75 and over	9.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burt	Whittemore
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burt	Whittemore
No high school diploma	7.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	37.3%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burt	Whittemore
Drove alone	68.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	14.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	3.5%
Other means	5.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burt	Whittemore
1-unit, detached	94.1%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burt	Whittemore
Poverty rate	27.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1955	1955