Braddyville vs Essex

A side-by-side comparison of Braddyville and Essex: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Essex has the higher population (875 vs 176 in Braddyville). Essex has the higher median household income ($57,344 vs $42,500 in Braddyville). Essex has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $59,100 in Braddyville).

Population, income & housing

	Braddyville	Essex
Population	176	875
Median age	41.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$57,344
Median home value	$59,100	$87,700
Median gross rent	$858	$681
Housing units	95	416
Homeownership rate	69.5%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braddyville	Essex
Population	150 → 176 (+17.3%)	777 → 875 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $42,500 (+3.0%)	$52,454 → $57,344 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$48,300 → $59,100 (+22.4%)	$73,700 → $87,700 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $858 (+15.8%)	$663 → $681 (+2.7%)

Braddyville

Population

150176

Median household income

$41,250$42,500

Median home value

$48,300$59,100

Median gross rent

$741$858

Essex

Population

777875

Median household income

$52,454$57,344

Median home value

$73,700$87,700

Median gross rent

$663$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braddyville	Essex
Under 5	0.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	25.0%	7.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	16.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	19.9%	11.5%
75 and over	6.8%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braddyville	Essex
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	85.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	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	2.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braddyville	Essex
No high school diploma	1.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	25.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	61.1%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braddyville	Essex
Drove alone	89.4%	90.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braddyville	Essex
1-unit, detached	96.8%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Braddyville	Essex
Poverty rate	14.6%	9.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1938	1951