College Springs vs Yorktown

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

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

College Springs has the higher population (217 vs 26 in Yorktown). College Springs has the higher median household income ($70,242 vs $47,500 in Yorktown). Yorktown has the higher median home value ($83,300 vs $73,800 in College Springs).

Population, income & housing

	College Springs	Yorktown
Population	217	26
Median age	47.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,242	$47,500
Median home value	$73,800	$83,300
Housing units	115	12
Homeownership rate	96.4%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	27.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College Springs	Yorktown
Population	249 → 217 (-12.9%)	37 → 26 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $70,242 (+93.8%)	$48,125 → $47,500 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$55,600 → $73,800 (+32.7%)	$75,000 → $83,300 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $742 (+49.9%)	—

College Springs

Population

249217

Median household income

$36,250$70,242

Median home value

$55,600$73,800

Median gross rent

$495$742

Yorktown

Population

3726

Median household income

$48,125$47,500

Median home value

$75,000$83,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	College Springs	Yorktown
Under 5	5.1%	11.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	1.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	17.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	20.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	26.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.7%
75 and over	7.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College Springs	Yorktown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	100.0%
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	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College Springs	Yorktown
No high school diploma	2.9%	17.6%
High school graduate	49.4%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College Springs	Yorktown
Drove alone	83.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College Springs	Yorktown
1-unit, detached	98.3%	100.0%
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	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	College Springs	Yorktown
Poverty rate	12.4%	11.5%
Average household size	1.97	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938