Coggon vs Prairieburg

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

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

Coggon has the higher population (803 vs 140 in Prairieburg). Coggon has the higher median household income ($76,500 vs $61,250 in Prairieburg). Coggon has the higher median home value ($146,000 vs $98,500 in Prairieburg).

Population, income & housing

	Coggon	Prairieburg
Population	803	140
Median age	31.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,500	$61,250
Median home value	$146,000	$98,500
Median gross rent	$700	—
Housing units	383	59
Homeownership rate	87.7%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coggon	Prairieburg
Population	725 → 803 (+10.8%)	176 → 140 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$66,406 → $76,500 (+15.2%)	$63,750 → $61,250 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$105,700 → $146,000 (+38.1%)	$88,000 → $98,500 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $700 (-6.7%)	$642 → $850 (+32.4%)

Coggon

Population

725803

Median household income

$66,406$76,500

Median home value

$105,700$146,000

Median gross rent

$750$700

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)

	Coggon	Prairieburg
Under 5	7.1%	10.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	3.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	20.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	19.3%
65 to 74	4.9%	2.9%
75 and over	5.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coggon	Prairieburg
White (non-Hispanic)	99.9%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coggon	Prairieburg
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	34.3%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coggon	Prairieburg
Drove alone	80.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coggon	Prairieburg
1-unit, detached	92.7%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	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

	Coggon	Prairieburg
Poverty rate	2.6%	8.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1952	1938