Earlham vs Patterson

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

Earlham and Patterson 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 293 in Patterson). Earlham has the higher median household income ($104,464 vs $71,786 in Patterson). Earlham has the higher median home value ($248,400 vs $106,600 in Patterson).

Population, income & housing

	Earlham	Patterson
Population	1,406	293
Median age	43.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,464	$71,786
Median home value	$248,400	$106,600
Median gross rent	$779	$700
Housing units	589	130
Homeownership rate	80.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlham	Patterson
Population	1,350 → 1,406 (+4.1%)	168 → 293 (+74.4%)
Median household income	$74,706 → $104,464 (+39.8%)	$53,500 → $71,786 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $248,400 (+46.9%)	$71,700 → $106,600 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $779 (+14.4%)	$922 → $700 (-24.1%)

Earlham

Population

1,3501,406

Median household income

$74,706$104,464

Median home value

$169,100$248,400

Median gross rent

$681$779

Patterson

Population

168293

Median household income

$53,500$71,786

Median home value

$71,700$106,600

Median gross rent

$922$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlham	Patterson
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	18.4%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	21.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	2.7%
75 and over	5.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlham	Patterson
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	84.0%
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%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlham	Patterson
No high school diploma	6.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	23.8%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlham	Patterson
Drove alone	75.1%	89.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlham	Patterson
1-unit, detached	83.0%	78.5%
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%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Earlham	Patterson
Poverty rate	4.6%	4.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1976	1974