Essex vs Shambaugh

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

Essex and Shambaugh 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 114 in Shambaugh). Shambaugh has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $57,344 in Essex). Essex has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $66,100 in Shambaugh).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Shambaugh
Population	875	114
Median age	48.0 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,344	$75,313
Median home value	$87,700	$66,100
Median gross rent	$681	$1,063
Housing units	416	73
Homeownership rate	78.9%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Shambaugh
Population	777 → 875 (+12.6%)	142 → 114 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$52,454 → $57,344 (+9.3%)	$43,125 → $75,313 (+74.6%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $87,700 (+19.0%)	$74,200 → $66,100 (-10.9%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $681 (+2.7%)	$933 → $1,063 (+13.9%)

Essex

Population

777875

Median household income

$52,454$57,344

Median home value

$73,700$87,700

Median gross rent

$663$681

Shambaugh

Population

142114

Median household income

$43,125$75,313

Median home value

$74,200$66,100

Median gross rent

$933$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	Shambaugh
Under 5	3.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.8%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	16.1%	19.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	23.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.4%
75 and over	12.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Shambaugh
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	97.4%
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	0.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Shambaugh
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	39.2%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Shambaugh
Drove alone	90.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Shambaugh
1-unit, detached	83.7%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Shambaugh
Poverty rate	9.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1951	1938