Earlham vs Macksburg

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

Earlham and Macksburg 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 54 in Macksburg). Earlham has the higher median household income ($104,464 vs $31,538 in Macksburg). Earlham has the higher median home value ($248,400 vs $92,500 in Macksburg).

Population, income & housing

	Earlham	Macksburg
Population	1,406	54
Median age	43.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,464	$31,538
Median home value	$248,400	$92,500
Median gross rent	$779	—
Housing units	589	32
Homeownership rate	80.2%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	14.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlham	Macksburg
Population	1,350 → 1,406 (+4.1%)	89 → 54 (-39.3%)
Median household income	$74,706 → $104,464 (+39.8%)	$20,875 → $31,538 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $248,400 (+46.9%)	$70,000 → $92,500 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $779 (+14.4%)	—

Earlham

Population

1,3501,406

Median household income

$74,706$104,464

Median home value

$169,100$248,400

Median gross rent

$681$779

Macksburg

Population

8954

Median household income

$20,875$31,538

Median home value

$70,000$92,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlham	Macksburg
Under 5	5.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.9%	1.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	20.4%
45 to 54	21.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	16.7%
75 and over	5.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlham	Macksburg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlham	Macksburg
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	23.8%	65.8%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlham	Macksburg
Drove alone	75.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlham	Macksburg
1-unit, detached	83.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Earlham	Macksburg
Poverty rate	4.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.53	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	44
Median year structure built	1976	1938