Castana vs Rodney

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

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

Castana has the higher population (157 vs 48 in Rodney). Castana has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $52,188 in Rodney). Rodney has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $67,500 in Castana).

Population, income & housing

	Castana	Rodney
Population	157	48
Median age	59.7 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$52,188
Median home value	$67,500	$162,500
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	105	21
Homeownership rate	87.5%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castana	Rodney
Population	166 → 157 (-5.4%)	45 → 48 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $55,833 (-2.9%)	$29,063 → $52,188 (+79.6%)
Median home value	$37,100 → $67,500 (+81.9%)	$48,300 → $162,500 (+236.4%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $725 (+14.2%)	—

Castana

Population

166157

Median household income

$57,500$55,833

Median home value

$37,100$67,500

Median gross rent

$635$725

Rodney

Population

4548

Median household income

$29,063$52,188

Median home value

$48,300$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castana	Rodney
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	31.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	2.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	2.1%
35 to 44	7.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	20.8%
55 to 64	31.8%	22.9%
65 to 74	20.4%	10.4%
75 and over	3.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castana	Rodney
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	68.8%
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%	31.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castana	Rodney
No high school diploma	7.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	39.6%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castana	Rodney
Drove alone	87.7%	91.7%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.0%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castana	Rodney
1-unit, detached	87.6%	66.7%
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	12.4%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Castana	Rodney
Poverty rate	7.6%	2.1%
Average household size	1.96	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1938	1943