Carpenter vs Orchard

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

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

Orchard has the higher population (106 vs 70 in Carpenter). Carpenter has the higher median household income ($72,344 vs $52,500 in Orchard). Since 2019, Orchard's population has grown faster (+68.3% vs -44.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Carpenter	Orchard
Population	70	106
Median age	49.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,344	$52,500
Median home value	$62,500	—
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	46	60
Homeownership rate	82.9%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpenter	Orchard
Population	126 → 70 (-44.4%)	63 → 106 (+68.3%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $72,344 (+53.9%)	$44,250 → $52,500 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $62,500 (+13.6%)	$49,000 → $80,000 (+63.3%)
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

Orchard

Population

63106

Median household income

$44,250$52,500

Median home value

$49,000$80,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpenter	Orchard
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	34.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	5.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	32.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	15.7%	19.8%
65 to 74	14.3%	7.5%
75 and over	8.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpenter	Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	99.1%
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%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpenter	Orchard
No high school diploma	18.2%	10.6%
High school graduate	45.5%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpenter	Orchard
Drove alone	86.7%	89.7%
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%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpenter	Orchard
1-unit, detached	95.7%	96.7%
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%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Carpenter	Orchard
Poverty rate	4.3%	15.1%
Average household size	1.71	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1942	1938