Carpenter vs Little Cedar

A side-by-side comparison of Carpenter and Little Cedar: population, income, housing, and more.

Carpenter and Little Cedar are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carpenter has the higher population (70 vs 35 in Little Cedar). Since 2019, Little Cedar's population has grown faster (-16.7% vs -44.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Carpenter	Little Cedar
Population	70	35
Median age	49.8 yrs	—
Median household income	$72,344	—
Median home value	$62,500	—
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	46	35
Homeownership rate	82.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpenter	Little Cedar
Population	126 → 70 (-44.4%)	42 → 35 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $72,344 (+53.9%)	—
Median home value	$55,000 → $62,500 (+13.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$675 → $775 (+14.8%)	—

Carpenter

Population

12670

Median household income

$47,000$72,344

Median home value

$55,000$62,500

Median gross rent

$675$775

Little Cedar

Population

4235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpenter	Little Cedar
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	85.7%
45 to 54	32.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	14.3%	0.0%
75 and over	8.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpenter	Little Cedar
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpenter	Little Cedar
No high school diploma	18.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.5%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpenter	Little Cedar
Drove alone	86.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpenter	Little Cedar
1-unit, detached	95.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carpenter	Little Cedar
Poverty rate	4.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.71	—
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1942	—