Kent Estates vs Nichols

A side-by-side comparison of Kent Estates and Nichols: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kent Estates has the higher population (1,863 vs 393 in Nichols). Kent Estates has the higher median household income ($122,014 vs $87,500 in Nichols). Kent Estates has the higher median home value ($351,100 vs $119,800 in Nichols).

Population, income & housing

	Kent Estates	Nichols
Population	1,863	393
Median age	49.5 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$122,014	$87,500
Median home value	$351,100	$119,800
Median gross rent	—	$638
Housing units	665	201
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kent Estates	Nichols
Population	1,991 → 1,863 (-6.4%)	374 → 393 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$102,688 → $122,014 (+18.8%)	$61,875 → $87,500 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$279,700 → $351,100 (+25.5%)	$96,300 → $119,800 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $638 (-24.9%)

Kent Estates

Population

1,9911,863

Median household income

$102,688$122,014

Median home value

$279,700$351,100

Nichols

Population

374393

Median household income

$61,875$87,500

Median home value

$96,300$119,800

Median gross rent

$850$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kent Estates	Nichols
Under 5	3.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.2%	20.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	22.3%	6.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.2%
75 and over	3.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kent Estates	Nichols
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	71.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	27.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kent Estates	Nichols
No high school diploma	0.8%	9.5%
High school graduate	24.0%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kent Estates	Nichols
Drove alone	81.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kent Estates	Nichols
1-unit, detached	97.3%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Kent Estates	Nichols
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	2001	1938