Bertram vs Prairieburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bertram and Prairieburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bertram has the higher population (222 vs 140 in Prairieburg). Bertram has the higher median household income ($100,000 vs $61,250 in Prairieburg). Bertram has the higher median home value ($273,300 vs $98,500 in Prairieburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bertram	Prairieburg
Population	222	140
Median age	56.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,000	$61,250
Median home value	$273,300	$98,500
Housing units	97	59
Homeownership rate	95.7%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bertram	Prairieburg
Population	414 → 222 (-46.4%)	176 → 140 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$95,625 → $100,000 (+4.6%)	$63,750 → $61,250 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$213,100 → $273,300 (+28.2%)	$88,000 → $98,500 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$642 → $850 (+32.4%)

Bertram

Population

414222

Median household income

$95,625$100,000

Median home value

$213,100$273,300

Prairieburg

Population

176140

Median household income

$63,750$61,250

Median home value

$88,000$98,500

Median gross rent

$642$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bertram	Prairieburg
Under 5	4.1%	10.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	0.9%	3.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	20.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	19.3%
65 to 74	23.4%	2.9%
75 and over	11.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bertram	Prairieburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bertram	Prairieburg
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	24.9%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bertram	Prairieburg
Drove alone	79.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	2.6%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bertram	Prairieburg
1-unit, detached	97.9%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	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%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Bertram	Prairieburg
Poverty rate	2.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	38
Median year structure built	1982	1938