College Springs vs Shenandoah

A side-by-side comparison of College Springs and Shenandoah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shenandoah has the higher population (4,913 vs 217 in College Springs). College Springs has the higher median household income ($70,242 vs $52,469 in Shenandoah). Shenandoah has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $73,800 in College Springs).

Population, income & housing

	College Springs	Shenandoah
Population	217	4,913
Median age	47.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,242	$52,469
Median home value	$73,800	$110,000
Median gross rent	—	$762
Housing units	115	2,492
Homeownership rate	96.4%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College Springs	Shenandoah
Population	249 → 217 (-12.9%)	4,897 → 4,913 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $70,242 (+93.8%)	$42,675 → $52,469 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$55,600 → $73,800 (+32.7%)	$85,000 → $110,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $742 (+49.9%)	$663 → $762 (+14.9%)

College Springs

Population

249217

Median household income

$36,250$70,242

Median home value

$55,600$73,800

Median gross rent

$495$742

Shenandoah

Population

4,8974,913

Median household income

$42,675$52,469

Median home value

$85,000$110,000

Median gross rent

$663$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	College Springs	Shenandoah
Under 5	5.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	1.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	17.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	20.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	14.7%
75 and over	7.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College Springs	Shenandoah
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College Springs	Shenandoah
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	49.4%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College Springs	Shenandoah
Drove alone	83.3%	77.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College Springs	Shenandoah
1-unit, detached	98.3%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	College Springs	Shenandoah
Poverty rate	12.4%	22.0%
Average household size	1.97	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1938	1949