Carpenter vs Mitchell

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

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

Mitchell has the higher population (134 vs 70 in Carpenter). Carpenter has the higher median household income ($72,344 vs $66,250 in Mitchell). Mitchell has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $62,500 in Carpenter).

Population, income & housing

	Carpenter	Mitchell
Population	70	134
Median age	49.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,344	$66,250
Median home value	$62,500	$119,200
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	46	64
Homeownership rate	82.9%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpenter	Mitchell
Population	126 → 70 (-44.4%)	187 → 134 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $72,344 (+53.9%)	$58,125 → $66,250 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $62,500 (+13.6%)	$79,600 → $119,200 (+49.7%)
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

Mitchell

Population

187134

Median household income

$58,125$66,250

Median home value

$79,600$119,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpenter	Mitchell
Under 5	2.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	25.4%
45 to 54	32.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	10.4%
75 and over	8.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpenter	Mitchell
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	99.3%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpenter	Mitchell
No high school diploma	18.2%	20.8%
High school graduate	45.5%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpenter	Mitchell
Drove alone	86.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	24.3%
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%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpenter	Mitchell
1-unit, detached	95.7%	96.9%
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%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Carpenter	Mitchell
Poverty rate	4.3%	6.0%
Average household size	1.71	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	31	14
Median year structure built	1942	1960