Doon vs Larchwood

A side-by-side comparison of Doon and Larchwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Larchwood has the higher population (1,076 vs 477 in Doon). Larchwood has the higher median household income ($69,327 vs $59,688 in Doon). Larchwood has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $156,900 in Doon).

Population, income & housing

	Doon	Larchwood
Population	477	1,076
Median age	38.4 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$69,327
Median home value	$156,900	$189,700
Median gross rent	$481	$854
Housing units	203	424
Homeownership rate	91.6%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doon	Larchwood
Population	704 → 477 (-32.2%)	1,027 → 1,076 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$53,500 → $59,688 (+11.6%)	$50,481 → $69,327 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$122,200 → $156,900 (+28.4%)	$148,800 → $189,700 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $481 (-26.3%)	$723 → $854 (+18.1%)

Doon

Population

704477

Median household income

$53,500$59,688

Median home value

$122,200$156,900

Median gross rent

$653$481

Larchwood

Population

1,0271,076

Median household income

$50,481$69,327

Median home value

$148,800$189,700

Median gross rent

$723$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Doon	Larchwood
Under 5	6.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	23.1%
18 to 24	4.6%	13.9%
25 to 34	16.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	5.5%	5.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	7.5%
75 and over	13.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doon	Larchwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doon	Larchwood
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	53.7%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doon	Larchwood
Drove alone	86.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	5.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doon	Larchwood
1-unit, detached	92.6%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Doon	Larchwood
Poverty rate	9.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1961	1970