Denmark vs Montrose

A side-by-side comparison of Denmark and Montrose: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Denmark has the higher population (738 vs 688 in Montrose). Denmark has the higher median household income ($105,714 vs $73,333 in Montrose). Denmark has the higher median home value ($193,200 vs $92,100 in Montrose).

Population, income & housing

	Denmark	Montrose
Population	738	688
Median age	41.4 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,714	$73,333
Median home value	$193,200	$92,100
Median gross rent	$874	$654
Housing units	304	327
Homeownership rate	85.2%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denmark	Montrose
Population	429 → 738 (+72.0%)	837 → 688 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$44,621 → $105,714 (+136.9%)	$55,391 → $73,333 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $193,200 (+115.1%)	$86,100 → $92,100 (+7.0%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $874 (-0.1%)	$625 → $654 (+4.6%)

Denmark

Population

429738

Median household income

$44,621$105,714

Median home value

$89,800$193,200

Median gross rent

$875$874

Montrose

Population

837688

Median household income

$55,391$73,333

Median home value

$86,100$92,100

Median gross rent

$625$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denmark	Montrose
Under 5	8.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	29.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	3.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	2.4%	16.6%
75 and over	8.3%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denmark	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denmark	Montrose
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	15.3%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denmark	Montrose
Drove alone	97.8%	88.0%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denmark	Montrose
1-unit, detached	90.8%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Denmark	Montrose
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1976	1962