Carpenter vs McIntire

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

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

McIntire has the higher population (95 vs 70 in Carpenter). Carpenter has the higher median household income ($72,344 vs $36,250 in McIntire). McIntire has the higher median home value ($63,200 vs $62,500 in Carpenter).

Population, income & housing

	Carpenter	McIntire
Population	70	95
Median age	49.8 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,344	$36,250
Median home value	$62,500	$63,200
Median gross rent	$775	$669
Housing units	46	70
Homeownership rate	82.9%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpenter	McIntire
Population	126 → 70 (-44.4%)	110 → 95 (-13.6%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $72,344 (+53.9%)	$36,250 → $36,250 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $62,500 (+13.6%)	$60,000 → $63,200 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $775 (+14.8%)	$488 → $669 (+37.1%)

Carpenter

Population

12670

Median household income

$47,000$72,344

Median home value

$55,000$62,500

Median gross rent

$675$775

McIntire

Population

11095

Median household income

$36,250$36,250

Median home value

$60,000$63,200

Median gross rent

$488$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpenter	McIntire
Under 5	2.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	13.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	4.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	32.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	22.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	16.8%
75 and over	8.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpenter	McIntire
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	98.9%
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%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpenter	McIntire
No high school diploma	18.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	45.5%	60.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpenter	McIntire
Drove alone	86.7%	87.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	12.5%
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	McIntire
1-unit, detached	95.7%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Carpenter	McIntire
Poverty rate	4.3%	24.2%
Average household size	1.71	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1942	1938