Mitchell vs Orchard

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

Mitchell and Orchard 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 106 in Orchard). Mitchell has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $52,500 in Orchard). Since 2019, Orchard's population has grown faster (+68.3% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Mitchell	Orchard
Population	134	106
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$52,500
Median home value	$119,200	—
Housing units	64	60
Homeownership rate	96.6%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mitchell	Orchard
Population	187 → 134 (-28.3%)	63 → 106 (+68.3%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $66,250 (+14.0%)	$44,250 → $52,500 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $119,200 (+49.7%)	$49,000 → $80,000 (+63.3%)

Mitchell

Population

187134

Median household income

$58,125$66,250

Median home value

$79,600$119,200

Orchard

Population

63106

Median household income

$44,250$52,500

Median home value

$49,000$80,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mitchell	Orchard
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	34.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	5.7%
35 to 44	25.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	19.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.5%
75 and over	6.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mitchell	Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	99.1%
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	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mitchell	Orchard
No high school diploma	20.8%	10.6%
High school graduate	42.7%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mitchell	Orchard
Drove alone	74.3%	89.7%
Carpooled	24.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	1.4%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mitchell	Orchard
1-unit, detached	96.9%	96.7%
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	3.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Mitchell	Orchard
Poverty rate	6.0%	15.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1960	1938