Castana vs Whiting

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

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

Whiting has the higher population (840 vs 157 in Castana). Whiting has the higher median household income ($68,977 vs $55,833 in Castana). Whiting has the higher median home value ($87,800 vs $67,500 in Castana).

Population, income & housing

	Castana	Whiting
Population	157	840
Median age	59.7 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$68,977
Median home value	$67,500	$87,800
Median gross rent	$725	$931
Housing units	105	355
Homeownership rate	87.5%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castana	Whiting
Population	166 → 157 (-5.4%)	825 → 840 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $55,833 (-2.9%)	$52,368 → $68,977 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$37,100 → $67,500 (+81.9%)	$77,100 → $87,800 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $725 (+14.2%)	$731 → $931 (+27.4%)

Castana

Population

166157

Median household income

$57,500$55,833

Median home value

$37,100$67,500

Median gross rent

$635$725

Whiting

Population

825840

Median household income

$52,368$68,977

Median home value

$77,100$87,800

Median gross rent

$731$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castana	Whiting
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	10.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	2.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	17.1%
55 to 64	31.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	20.4%	15.4%
75 and over	3.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castana	Whiting
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.6%
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%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castana	Whiting
No high school diploma	7.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	39.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castana	Whiting
Drove alone	87.7%	71.8%
Carpooled	1.8%	9.2%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castana	Whiting
1-unit, detached	87.6%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Castana	Whiting
Poverty rate	7.6%	10.1%
Average household size	1.96	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	32	18
Median year structure built	1938	1952