Earlham vs St. Charles

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

Earlham and St. Charles 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 891 in St. Charles). Earlham has the higher median household income ($104,464 vs $81,944 in St. Charles). Earlham has the higher median home value ($248,400 vs $197,100 in St. Charles).

Population, income & housing

	Earlham	St. Charles
Population	1,406	891
Median age	43.9 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,464	$81,944
Median home value	$248,400	$197,100
Median gross rent	$779	$939
Housing units	589	333
Homeownership rate	80.2%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlham	St. Charles
Population	1,350 → 1,406 (+4.1%)	709 → 891 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$74,706 → $104,464 (+39.8%)	$78,500 → $81,944 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $248,400 (+46.9%)	$153,000 → $197,100 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $779 (+14.4%)	$684 → $939 (+37.3%)

Earlham

Population

1,3501,406

Median household income

$74,706$104,464

Median home value

$169,100$248,400

Median gross rent

$681$779

St. Charles

Population

709891

Median household income

$78,500$81,944

Median home value

$153,000$197,100

Median gross rent

$684$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlham	St. Charles
Under 5	5.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	13.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	16.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	21.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.3%
75 and over	5.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlham	St. Charles
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	92.4%
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%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlham	St. Charles
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlham	St. Charles
Drove alone	75.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlham	St. Charles
1-unit, detached	83.0%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Earlham	St. Charles
Poverty rate	4.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1976	1976