Little Cedar vs Mitchell

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

Little Cedar 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 35 in Little Cedar). Since 2019, Little Cedar's population has grown faster (-16.7% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Little Cedar	Mitchell
Population	35	134
Median age	—	41.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$66,250
Median home value	—	$119,200
Housing units	35	64
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Cedar	Mitchell
Population	42 → 35 (-16.7%)	187 → 134 (-28.3%)
Median household income	—	$58,125 → $66,250 (+14.0%)
Median home value	—	$79,600 → $119,200 (+49.7%)

Little Cedar

Population

4235

Mitchell

Population

187134

Median household income

$58,125$66,250

Median home value

$79,600$119,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Cedar	Mitchell
Under 5	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	85.7%	25.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.4%
75 and over	0.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Cedar	Mitchell
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Cedar	Mitchell
No high school diploma	0.0%	20.8%
High school graduate	0.0%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Cedar	Mitchell
Drove alone	100.0%	74.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Little Cedar	Mitchell
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Little Cedar	Mitchell
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.0%
Average household size	—	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	—	1960