Cylinder vs Graettinger

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

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

Graettinger has the higher population (1,038 vs 60 in Cylinder). Cylinder has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $73,250 in Graettinger). Graettinger has the higher median home value ($87,000 vs $80,000 in Cylinder).

Population, income & housing

	Cylinder	Graettinger
Population	60	1,038
Median age	54.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$73,250
Median home value	$80,000	$87,000
Median gross rent	$817	$480
Housing units	33	483
Homeownership rate	84.8%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cylinder	Graettinger
Population	105 → 60 (-42.9%)	940 → 1,038 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $76,250 (+10.9%)	$47,321 → $73,250 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $80,000 (+29.0%)	$66,500 → $87,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $817 (+22.9%)	$494 → $480 (-2.8%)

Cylinder

Population

10560

Median household income

$68,750$76,250

Median home value

$62,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$665$817

Graettinger

Population

9401,038

Median household income

$47,321$73,250

Median home value

$66,500$87,000

Median gross rent

$494$480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cylinder	Graettinger
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	5.0%	24.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	5.0%	21.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	26.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	16.7%	6.6%
75 and over	5.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cylinder	Graettinger
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.0%
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	13.3%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cylinder	Graettinger
No high school diploma	1.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cylinder	Graettinger
Drove alone	89.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cylinder	Graettinger
1-unit, detached	93.9%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Cylinder	Graettinger
Poverty rate	3.3%	7.0%
Average household size	1.82	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1938	1953