Barnes City vs University Park

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

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

University Park has the higher population (704 vs 140 in Barnes City). University Park has the higher median household income ($65,815 vs $47,813 in Barnes City). Barnes City has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $92,700 in University Park).

Population, income & housing

	Barnes City	University Park
Population	140	704
Median age	43.4 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,813	$65,815
Median home value	$100,000	$92,700
Median gross rent	$800	$731
Housing units	74	286
Homeownership rate	69.8%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnes City	University Park
Population	269 → 140 (-48.0%)	429 → 704 (+64.1%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $47,813 (+4.8%)	$49,167 → $65,815 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $100,000 (+60.0%)	$85,700 → $92,700 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $800 (+25.2%)	$704 → $731 (+3.8%)

Barnes City

Population

269140

Median household income

$45,625$47,813

Median home value

$62,500$100,000

Median gross rent

$639$800

University Park

Population

429704

Median household income

$49,167$65,815

Median home value

$85,700$92,700

Median gross rent

$704$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnes City	University Park
Under 5	18.6%	10.2%
5 to 17	5.7%	24.1%
18 to 24	3.6%	14.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	19.0%
45 to 54	5.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	19.3%	2.3%
75 and over	10.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnes City	University Park
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnes City	University Park
No high school diploma	10.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	50.5%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnes City	University Park
Drove alone	76.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnes City	University Park
1-unit, detached	77.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Barnes City	University Park
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1938	1938