Beacon vs University Park

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

Beacon 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 497 in Beacon). University Park has the higher median household income ($65,815 vs $56,000 in Beacon). University Park has the higher median home value ($92,700 vs $76,200 in Beacon).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon	University Park
Population	497	704
Median age	40.4 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,000	$65,815
Median home value	$76,200	$92,700
Median gross rent	$729	$731
Housing units	220	286
Homeownership rate	86.2%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon	University Park
Population	639 → 497 (-22.2%)	429 → 704 (+64.1%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $56,000 (+50.6%)	$49,167 → $65,815 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $76,200 (+12.9%)	$85,700 → $92,700 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $729 (-8.1%)	$704 → $731 (+3.8%)

Beacon

Population

639497

Median household income

$37,188$56,000

Median home value

$67,500$76,200

Median gross rent

$793$729

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)

	Beacon	University Park
Under 5	3.4%	10.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	24.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	14.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	8.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	19.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	2.3%
75 and over	8.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon	University Park
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	80.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon	University Park
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.1%
High school graduate	46.7%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon	University Park
Drove alone	79.6%	78.0%
Carpooled	19.3%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon	University Park
1-unit, detached	63.2%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	36.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Beacon	University Park
Poverty rate	12.5%	9.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1982	1938