Mitchell vs Stacyville

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

Mitchell 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 134 in Mitchell). Mitchell has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $61,875 in Stacyville). Mitchell has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $107,800 in Stacyville).

Population, income & housing

	Mitchell	Stacyville
Population	134	480
Median age	41.9 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$61,875
Median home value	$119,200	$107,800
Median gross rent	—	$623
Housing units	64	263
Homeownership rate	96.6%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mitchell	Stacyville
Population	187 → 134 (-28.3%)	472 → 480 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $66,250 (+14.0%)	$40,833 → $61,875 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $119,200 (+49.7%)	$80,200 → $107,800 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$433 → $623 (+43.9%)

Mitchell

Population

187134

Median household income

$58,125$66,250

Median home value

$79,600$119,200

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)

	Mitchell	Stacyville
Under 5	3.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	10.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	25.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	2.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	20.2%
75 and over	6.0%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mitchell	Stacyville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
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%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mitchell	Stacyville
No high school diploma	20.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	42.7%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mitchell	Stacyville
Drove alone	74.3%	82.2%
Carpooled	24.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mitchell	Stacyville
1-unit, detached	96.9%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mitchell	Stacyville
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.31	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1960	1963