Central City vs Coggon

A side-by-side comparison of Central City and Coggon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Central City has the higher population (1,266 vs 803 in Coggon). Central City has the higher median household income ($81,607 vs $76,500 in Coggon). Central City has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $146,000 in Coggon).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Coggon
Population	1,266	803
Median age	37.2 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,607	$76,500
Median home value	$166,400	$146,000
Median gross rent	$715	$700
Housing units	573	383
Homeownership rate	79.0%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Coggon
Population	1,280 → 1,266 (-1.1%)	725 → 803 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$63,068 → $81,607 (+29.4%)	$66,406 → $76,500 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $166,400 (+22.6%)	$105,700 → $146,000 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$505 → $715 (+41.6%)	$750 → $700 (-6.7%)

Central City

Population

1,2801,266

Median household income

$63,068$81,607

Median home value

$135,700$166,400

Median gross rent

$505$715

Coggon

Population

725803

Median household income

$66,406$76,500

Median home value

$105,700$146,000

Median gross rent

$750$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Coggon
Under 5	7.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	4.9%
75 and over	9.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Coggon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	99.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Coggon
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Coggon
Drove alone	70.3%	80.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.9%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Coggon
1-unit, detached	83.1%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Coggon
Poverty rate	4.1%	2.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1958	1952