Castana vs Moorhead

A side-by-side comparison of Castana and Moorhead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moorhead has the higher population (263 vs 157 in Castana). Castana has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $35,938 in Moorhead). Castana has the higher median home value ($67,500 vs $56,400 in Moorhead).

Population, income & housing

	Castana	Moorhead
Population	157	263
Median age	59.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$35,938
Median home value	$67,500	$56,400
Median gross rent	$725	$867
Housing units	105	131
Homeownership rate	87.5%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castana	Moorhead
Population	166 → 157 (-5.4%)	184 → 263 (+42.9%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $55,833 (-2.9%)	$33,125 → $35,938 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$37,100 → $67,500 (+81.9%)	$47,900 → $56,400 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $725 (+14.2%)	$600 → $867 (+44.5%)

Castana

Population

166157

Median household income

$57,500$55,833

Median home value

$37,100$67,500

Median gross rent

$635$725

Moorhead

Population

184263

Median household income

$33,125$35,938

Median home value

$47,900$56,400

Median gross rent

$600$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castana	Moorhead
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	3.4%
55 to 64	31.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	20.4%	15.6%
75 and over	3.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castana	Moorhead
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.6%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castana	Moorhead
No high school diploma	7.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	39.6%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castana	Moorhead
Drove alone	87.7%	82.9%
Carpooled	1.8%	17.1%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castana	Moorhead
1-unit, detached	87.6%	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	12.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Castana	Moorhead
Poverty rate	7.6%	36.5%
Average household size	1.96	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938