Bevington vs East Peru

A side-by-side comparison of Bevington and East Peru: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Peru has the higher population (126 vs 17 in Bevington). East Peru has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $43,750 in Bevington). Since 2019, East Peru's population has grown faster (-6.0% vs -57.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bevington	East Peru
Population	17	126
Median age	63.8 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$67,083
Median home value	—	$87,500
Median gross rent	—	$917
Housing units	10	59
Homeownership rate	70.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bevington	East Peru
Population	40 → 17 (-57.5%)	134 → 126 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$123,750 → $43,750 (-64.6%)	$48,750 → $67,083 (+37.6%)
Median home value	—	$60,000 → $87,500 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $917 (+7.9%)

Bevington

Population

4017

Median household income

$123,750$43,750

East Peru

Population

134126

Median household income

$48,750$67,083

Median home value

$60,000$87,500

Median gross rent

$850$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bevington	East Peru
Under 5	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	29.4%	6.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	20.6%
65 to 74	29.4%	6.3%
75 and over	17.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bevington	East Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	97.6%
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	17.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bevington	East Peru
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	40.0%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bevington	East Peru
Drove alone	100.0%	89.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bevington	East Peru
1-unit, detached	70.0%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bevington	East Peru
Poverty rate	41.2%	17.5%
Average household size	1.70	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1950	1938