Earlham vs Truro

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

Earlham and Truro 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 534 in Truro). Earlham has the higher median household income ($104,464 vs $65,313 in Truro). Earlham has the higher median home value ($248,400 vs $166,700 in Truro).

Population, income & housing

	Earlham	Truro
Population	1,406	534
Median age	43.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,464	$65,313
Median home value	$248,400	$166,700
Median gross rent	$779	$836
Housing units	589	198
Homeownership rate	80.2%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlham	Truro
Population	1,350 → 1,406 (+4.1%)	483 → 534 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$74,706 → $104,464 (+39.8%)	$54,327 → $65,313 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $248,400 (+46.9%)	$111,400 → $166,700 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $779 (+14.4%)	$795 → $836 (+5.2%)

Earlham

Population

1,3501,406

Median household income

$74,706$104,464

Median home value

$169,100$248,400

Median gross rent

$681$779

Truro

Population

483534

Median household income

$54,327$65,313

Median home value

$111,400$166,700

Median gross rent

$795$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlham	Truro
Under 5	5.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	25.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	21.8%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	4.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.1%
75 and over	5.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlham	Truro
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.9%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlham	Truro
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	23.8%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlham	Truro
Drove alone	75.1%	87.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlham	Truro
1-unit, detached	83.0%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Earlham	Truro
Poverty rate	4.6%	12.0%
Average household size	2.53	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1976	1944