Titonka vs Whittemore

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

Titonka 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 423 in Titonka). Whittemore has the higher median household income ($77,054 vs $54,063 in Titonka). Whittemore has the higher median home value ($88,700 vs $61,400 in Titonka).

Population, income & housing

	Titonka	Whittemore
Population	423	576
Median age	51.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$77,054
Median home value	$61,400	$88,700
Median gross rent	$443	$508
Housing units	231	315
Homeownership rate	86.7%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Titonka	Whittemore
Population	481 → 423 (-12.1%)	497 → 576 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $54,063 (+20.1%)	$53,864 → $77,054 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$47,200 → $61,400 (+30.1%)	$64,000 → $88,700 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $443 (-37.1%)	$546 → $508 (-7.0%)

Titonka

Population

481423

Median household income

$45,000$54,063

Median home value

$47,200$61,400

Median gross rent

$704$443

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)

	Titonka	Whittemore
Under 5	4.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	18.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.3%
75 and over	16.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Titonka	Whittemore
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	87.5%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Titonka	Whittemore
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	30.9%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Titonka	Whittemore
Drove alone	71.9%	82.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.5%
Other means	11.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Titonka	Whittemore
1-unit, detached	89.6%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Titonka	Whittemore
Poverty rate	10.4%	4.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1955	1955