Orchard vs St. Ansgar

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

Orchard 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 106 in Orchard). St. Ansgar has the higher median household income ($75,208 vs $52,500 in Orchard). Since 2019, Orchard's population has grown faster (+68.3% vs -0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Orchard	St. Ansgar
Population	106	1,156
Median age	41.1 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$75,208
Median home value	—	$143,800
Median gross rent	—	$940
Housing units	60	527
Homeownership rate	67.4%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchard	St. Ansgar
Population	63 → 106 (+68.3%)	1,159 → 1,156 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$44,250 → $52,500 (+18.6%)	$63,750 → $75,208 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $80,000 (+63.3%)	$122,400 → $143,800 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$618 → $940 (+52.1%)

Orchard

Population

63106

Median household income

$44,250$52,500

Median home value

$49,000$80,000

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)

	Orchard	St. Ansgar
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	34.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	2.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	5.7%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	19.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.4%
75 and over	7.5%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchard	St. Ansgar
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchard	St. Ansgar
No high school diploma	10.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	22.7%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	54.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchard	St. Ansgar
Drove alone	89.7%	81.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	9.4%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchard	St. Ansgar
1-unit, detached	96.7%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Orchard	St. Ansgar
Poverty rate	15.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1938	1955