Keokuk vs Montrose

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

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

Keokuk has the higher population (9,748 vs 688 in Montrose). Montrose has the higher median household income ($73,333 vs $49,340 in Keokuk). Keokuk has the higher median home value ($93,700 vs $92,100 in Montrose).

Population, income & housing

	Keokuk	Montrose
Population	9,748	688
Median age	40.3 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,340	$73,333
Median home value	$93,700	$92,100
Median gross rent	$810	$654
Housing units	4,968	327
Homeownership rate	60.1%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keokuk	Montrose
Population	10,324 → 9,748 (-5.6%)	837 → 688 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$39,779 → $49,340 (+24.0%)	$55,391 → $73,333 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $93,700 (+31.6%)	$86,100 → $92,100 (+7.0%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $810 (+25.0%)	$625 → $654 (+4.6%)

Keokuk

Population

10,3249,748

Median household income

$39,779$49,340

Median home value

$71,200$93,700

Median gross rent

$648$810

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)

	Keokuk	Montrose
Under 5	6.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	1.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.6%
75 and over	9.3%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keokuk	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	97.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keokuk	Montrose
No high school diploma	9.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	36.1%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keokuk	Montrose
Drove alone	85.1%	88.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	2.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	6.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	3.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keokuk	Montrose
1-unit, detached	72.1%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.6%
20 or more units	11.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Keokuk	Montrose
Poverty rate	20.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	14	17
Median year structure built	1950	1962