Prairieburg vs Walker

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

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

Walker has the higher population (731 vs 140 in Prairieburg). Walker has the higher median household income ($80,556 vs $61,250 in Prairieburg). Walker has the higher median home value ($162,100 vs $98,500 in Prairieburg).

Population, income & housing

	Prairieburg	Walker
Population	140	731
Median age	39.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$80,556
Median home value	$98,500	$162,100
Median gross rent	—	$783
Housing units	59	291
Homeownership rate	88.1%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairieburg	Walker
Population	176 → 140 (-20.5%)	831 → 731 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $61,250 (-3.9%)	$71,705 → $80,556 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $98,500 (+11.9%)	$138,400 → $162,100 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $850 (+32.4%)	$625 → $783 (+25.3%)

Prairieburg

Population

176140

Median household income

$63,750$61,250

Median home value

$88,000$98,500

Median gross rent

$642$850

Walker

Population

831731

Median household income

$71,705$80,556

Median home value

$138,400$162,100

Median gross rent

$625$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairieburg	Walker
Under 5	10.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	3.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	20.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	19.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	2.9%	9.3%
75 and over	11.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairieburg	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairieburg	Walker
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	54.3%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairieburg	Walker
Drove alone	77.4%	77.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairieburg	Walker
1-unit, detached	86.4%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Prairieburg	Walker
Poverty rate	8.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1938	1972