Ayrshire vs Cylinder

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

Ayrshire and Cylinder 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 60 in Cylinder). Cylinder has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $55,625 in Ayrshire). Cylinder has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $26,400 in Ayrshire).

Population, income & housing

	Ayrshire	Cylinder
Population	154	60
Median age	27.7 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$76,250
Median home value	$26,400	$80,000
Median gross rent	$1,250	$817
Housing units	98	33
Homeownership rate	80.0%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayrshire	Cylinder
Population	128 → 154 (+20.3%)	105 → 60 (-42.9%)
Median household income	$22,917 → $55,625 (+142.7%)	$68,750 → $76,250 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$30,600 → $26,400 (-13.7%)	$62,000 → $80,000 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $1,250 (+188.7%)	$665 → $817 (+22.9%)

Ayrshire

Population

128154

Median household income

$22,917$55,625

Median home value

$30,600$26,400

Median gross rent

$433$1,250

Cylinder

Population

10560

Median household income

$68,750$76,250

Median home value

$62,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$665$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayrshire	Cylinder
Under 5	13.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	5.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	19.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	0.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	23.4%	26.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	16.7%
75 and over	1.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayrshire	Cylinder
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	83.3%
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%	13.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayrshire	Cylinder
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	37.5%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayrshire	Cylinder
Drove alone	73.1%	89.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayrshire	Cylinder
1-unit, detached	81.6%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	6.1%
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	Cylinder
Poverty rate	3.2%	3.3%
Average household size	2.20	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1949	1938