Beacon vs Keomah Village

A side-by-side comparison of Beacon and Keomah Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Beacon and Keomah Village are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beacon has the higher population (497 vs 106 in Keomah Village). Keomah Village has the higher median home value ($189,600 vs $76,200 in Beacon). Since 2019, Keomah Village's population has grown faster (+17.8% vs -22.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon	Keomah Village
Population	497	106
Median age	40.4 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,000	—
Median home value	$76,200	$189,600
Median gross rent	$729	—
Housing units	220	47
Homeownership rate	86.2%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon	Keomah Village
Population	639 → 497 (-22.2%)	90 → 106 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $56,000 (+50.6%)	$66,250 → $111,250 (+67.9%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $76,200 (+12.9%)	$152,300 → $189,600 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $729 (-8.1%)	—

Beacon

Population

639497

Median household income

$37,188$56,000

Median home value

$67,500$76,200

Median gross rent

$793$729

Keomah Village

Population

90106

Median household income

$66,250$111,250

Median home value

$152,300$189,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon	Keomah Village
Under 5	3.4%	16.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	8.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.6%	2.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	20.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	3.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	21.7%
75 and over	8.5%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon	Keomah Village
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon	Keomah Village
No high school diploma	11.4%	1.3%
High school graduate	46.7%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon	Keomah Village
Drove alone	79.6%	87.9%
Carpooled	19.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon	Keomah Village
1-unit, detached	63.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beacon	Keomah Village
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1982	1971