Columbus City vs Morning Sun

A side-by-side comparison of Columbus City and Morning Sun: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morning Sun has the higher population (733 vs 306 in Columbus City). Columbus City has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $63,500 in Morning Sun). Columbus City has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $90,300 in Morning Sun).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus City	Morning Sun
Population	306	733
Median age	51.5 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$63,500
Median home value	$104,400	$90,300
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	134	307
Homeownership rate	97.0%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus City	Morning Sun
Population	345 → 306 (-11.3%)	783 → 733 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$51,354 → $82,500 (+60.6%)	$46,731 → $63,500 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $104,400 (+21.7%)	$74,900 → $90,300 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$650 → $875 (+34.6%)

Columbus City

Population

345306

Median household income

$51,354$82,500

Median home value

$85,800$104,400

Morning Sun

Population

783733

Median household income

$46,731$63,500

Median home value

$74,900$90,300

Median gross rent

$650$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus City	Morning Sun
Under 5	4.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	22.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.9%
75 and over	9.8%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus City	Morning Sun
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	52.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus City	Morning Sun
No high school diploma	27.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	44.6%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus City	Morning Sun
Drove alone	69.4%	92.2%
Carpooled	28.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus City	Morning Sun
1-unit, detached	75.4%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Columbus City	Morning Sun
Poverty rate	4.9%	13.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1968	1951