Earlham vs East Peru

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

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

Earlham has the higher population (1,406 vs 126 in East Peru). Earlham has the higher median household income ($104,464 vs $67,083 in East Peru). Earlham has the higher median home value ($248,400 vs $87,500 in East Peru).

Population, income & housing

	Earlham	East Peru
Population	1,406	126
Median age	43.9 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,464	$67,083
Median home value	$248,400	$87,500
Median gross rent	$779	$917
Housing units	589	59
Homeownership rate	80.2%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlham	East Peru
Population	1,350 → 1,406 (+4.1%)	134 → 126 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$74,706 → $104,464 (+39.8%)	$48,750 → $67,083 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $248,400 (+46.9%)	$60,000 → $87,500 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $779 (+14.4%)	$850 → $917 (+7.9%)

Earlham

Population

1,3501,406

Median household income

$74,706$104,464

Median home value

$169,100$248,400

Median gross rent

$681$779

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)

	Earlham	East Peru
Under 5	5.9%	15.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	21.8%	6.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	20.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.3%
75 and over	5.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlham	East Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	97.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	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	0.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlham	East Peru
No high school diploma	6.9%	15.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlham	East Peru
Drove alone	75.1%	89.2%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlham	East Peru
1-unit, detached	83.0%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Earlham	East Peru
Poverty rate	4.6%	17.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1976	1938