Ayrshire vs Curlew

A side-by-side comparison of Ayrshire and Curlew: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ayrshire has the higher population (154 vs 43 in Curlew). Curlew has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $55,625 in Ayrshire). Curlew has the higher median home value ($47,000 vs $26,400 in Ayrshire).

Population, income & housing

	Ayrshire	Curlew
Population	154	43
Median age	27.7 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$63,750
Median home value	$26,400	$47,000
Median gross rent	$1,250	—
Housing units	98	44
Homeownership rate	80.0%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayrshire	Curlew
Population	128 → 154 (+20.3%)	61 → 43 (-29.5%)
Median household income	$22,917 → $55,625 (+142.7%)	$48,750 → $63,750 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$30,600 → $26,400 (-13.7%)	$43,300 → $47,000 (+8.5%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $1,250 (+188.7%)	—

Ayrshire

Population

128154

Median household income

$22,917$55,625

Median home value

$30,600$26,400

Median gross rent

$433$1,250

Curlew

Population

6143

Median household income

$48,750$63,750

Median home value

$43,300$47,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayrshire	Curlew
Under 5	13.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	0.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	23.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	23.3%
75 and over	1.9%	23.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayrshire	Curlew
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	18.8%	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	8.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayrshire	Curlew
No high school diploma	2.9%	16.7%
High school graduate	37.5%	58.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayrshire	Curlew
Drove alone	73.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayrshire	Curlew
1-unit, detached	81.6%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ayrshire	Curlew
Poverty rate	3.2%	16.3%
Average household size	2.20	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1949	1938