Carpenter vs St. Ansgar

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

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

St. Ansgar has the higher population (1,156 vs 70 in Carpenter). St. Ansgar has the higher median household income ($75,208 vs $72,344 in Carpenter). St. Ansgar has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $62,500 in Carpenter).

Population, income & housing

	Carpenter	St. Ansgar
Population	70	1,156
Median age	49.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,344	$75,208
Median home value	$62,500	$143,800
Median gross rent	$775	$940
Housing units	46	527
Homeownership rate	82.9%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpenter	St. Ansgar
Population	126 → 70 (-44.4%)	1,159 → 1,156 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $72,344 (+53.9%)	$63,750 → $75,208 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $62,500 (+13.6%)	$122,400 → $143,800 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $775 (+14.8%)	$618 → $940 (+52.1%)

Carpenter

Population

12670

Median household income

$47,000$72,344

Median home value

$55,000$62,500

Median gross rent

$675$775

St. Ansgar

Population

1,1591,156

Median household income

$63,750$75,208

Median home value

$122,400$143,800

Median gross rent

$618$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpenter	St. Ansgar
Under 5	2.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	6.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	32.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.4%
75 and over	8.6%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpenter	St. Ansgar
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpenter	St. Ansgar
No high school diploma	18.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	45.5%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpenter	St. Ansgar
Drove alone	86.7%	81.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpenter	St. Ansgar
1-unit, detached	95.7%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Carpenter	St. Ansgar
Poverty rate	4.3%	7.9%
Average household size	1.71	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1942	1955