Carpenter vs Stacyville

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

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

Stacyville has the higher population (480 vs 70 in Carpenter). Carpenter has the higher median household income ($72,344 vs $61,875 in Stacyville). Stacyville has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $62,500 in Carpenter).

Population, income & housing

	Carpenter	Stacyville
Population	70	480
Median age	49.8 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,344	$61,875
Median home value	$62,500	$107,800
Median gross rent	$775	$623
Housing units	46	263
Homeownership rate	82.9%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpenter	Stacyville
Population	126 → 70 (-44.4%)	472 → 480 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $72,344 (+53.9%)	$40,833 → $61,875 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $62,500 (+13.6%)	$80,200 → $107,800 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $775 (+14.8%)	$433 → $623 (+43.9%)

Carpenter

Population

12670

Median household income

$47,000$72,344

Median home value

$55,000$62,500

Median gross rent

$675$775

Stacyville

Population

472480

Median household income

$40,833$61,875

Median home value

$80,200$107,800

Median gross rent

$433$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpenter	Stacyville
Under 5	2.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	10.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	16.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	32.9%	2.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	20.2%
75 and over	8.6%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpenter	Stacyville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.4%
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%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpenter	Stacyville
No high school diploma	18.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	45.5%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpenter	Stacyville
Drove alone	86.7%	82.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpenter	Stacyville
1-unit, detached	95.7%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Carpenter	Stacyville
Poverty rate	4.3%	3.7%
Average household size	1.71	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1942	1963