Barnes City vs Leighton

A side-by-side comparison of Barnes City and Leighton: population, income, housing, and more.

Barnes City and Leighton are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leighton has the higher population (159 vs 140 in Barnes City). Leighton has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $47,813 in Barnes City). Leighton has the higher median home value ($117,000 vs $100,000 in Barnes City).

Population, income & housing

	Barnes City	Leighton
Population	140	159
Median age	43.4 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,813	$75,000
Median home value	$100,000	$117,000
Median gross rent	$800	$770
Housing units	74	62
Homeownership rate	69.8%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnes City	Leighton
Population	269 → 140 (-48.0%)	221 → 159 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $47,813 (+4.8%)	$59,167 → $75,000 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $100,000 (+60.0%)	$107,600 → $117,000 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $800 (+25.2%)	$600 → $770 (+28.3%)

Barnes City

Population

269140

Median household income

$45,625$47,813

Median home value

$62,500$100,000

Median gross rent

$639$800

Leighton

Population

221159

Median household income

$59,167$75,000

Median home value

$107,600$117,000

Median gross rent

$600$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnes City	Leighton
Under 5	18.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	5.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	3.6%	13.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	5.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	19.3%	13.2%
75 and over	10.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnes City	Leighton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnes City	Leighton
No high school diploma	10.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	50.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnes City	Leighton
Drove alone	76.7%	73.7%
Carpooled	1.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnes City	Leighton
1-unit, detached	77.0%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnes City	Leighton
Poverty rate	6.4%	0.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1938	1950