Center Point vs Hiawatha

A side-by-side comparison of Center Point and Hiawatha: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hiawatha has the higher population (7,178 vs 2,575 in Center Point). Center Point has the higher median household income ($92,500 vs $67,628 in Hiawatha). Center Point has the higher median home value ($215,800 vs $210,200 in Hiawatha).

Population, income & housing

	Center Point	Hiawatha
Population	2,575	7,178
Median age	36.8 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,500	$67,628
Median home value	$215,800	$210,200
Median gross rent	$1,022	$846
Housing units	1,048	3,197
Homeownership rate	76.6%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Point	Hiawatha
Population	2,543 → 2,575 (+1.3%)	7,333 → 7,178 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$80,577 → $92,500 (+14.8%)	$48,191 → $67,628 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$164,200 → $215,800 (+31.4%)	$143,500 → $210,200 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $1,022 (+40.2%)	$773 → $846 (+9.4%)

Center Point

Population

2,5432,575

Median household income

$80,577$92,500

Median home value

$164,200$215,800

Median gross rent

$729$1,022

Hiawatha

Population

7,3337,178

Median household income

$48,191$67,628

Median home value

$143,500$210,200

Median gross rent

$773$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Point	Hiawatha
Under 5	6.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.4%
75 and over	4.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Point	Hiawatha
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Point	Hiawatha
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	28.3%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Point	Hiawatha
Drove alone	73.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Point	Hiawatha
1-unit, detached	85.9%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Center Point	Hiawatha
Poverty rate	4.0%	15.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	15
Median year structure built	1977	1992