Beacon vs Leighton

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

Beacon and Leighton 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 159 in Leighton). Leighton has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $56,000 in Beacon). Leighton has the higher median home value ($117,000 vs $76,200 in Beacon).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon	Leighton
Population	497	159
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,000	$75,000
Median home value	$76,200	$117,000
Median gross rent	$729	$770
Housing units	220	62
Homeownership rate	86.2%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon	Leighton
Population	639 → 497 (-22.2%)	221 → 159 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $56,000 (+50.6%)	$59,167 → $75,000 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $76,200 (+12.9%)	$107,600 → $117,000 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $729 (-8.1%)	$600 → $770 (+28.3%)

Beacon

Population

639497

Median household income

$37,188$56,000

Median home value

$67,500$76,200

Median gross rent

$793$729

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)

	Beacon	Leighton
Under 5	3.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	13.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	6.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.2%
75 and over	8.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon	Leighton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	96.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon	Leighton
No high school diploma	11.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	46.7%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon	Leighton
Drove alone	79.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	19.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon	Leighton
1-unit, detached	63.2%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beacon	Leighton
Poverty rate	12.5%	0.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1982	1950