Cylinder vs Mallard

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

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

Mallard has the higher population (268 vs 60 in Cylinder). Cylinder has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $44,625 in Mallard). Cylinder has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $55,400 in Mallard).

Population, income & housing

	Cylinder	Mallard
Population	60	268
Median age	54.8 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$44,625
Median home value	$80,000	$55,400
Median gross rent	$817	$1,042
Housing units	33	163
Homeownership rate	84.8%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cylinder	Mallard
Population	105 → 60 (-42.9%)	219 → 268 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $76,250 (+10.9%)	$40,625 → $44,625 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $80,000 (+29.0%)	$52,000 → $55,400 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $817 (+22.9%)	$704 → $1,042 (+48.0%)

Cylinder

Population

10560

Median household income

$68,750$76,250

Median home value

$62,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$665$817

Mallard

Population

219268

Median household income

$40,625$44,625

Median home value

$52,000$55,400

Median gross rent

$704$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cylinder	Mallard
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	5.0%	10.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	5.0%	4.5%
45 to 54	16.7%	5.6%
55 to 64	26.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	16.7%	31.0%
75 and over	5.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cylinder	Mallard
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cylinder	Mallard
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	38.5%	59.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cylinder	Mallard
Drove alone	89.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cylinder	Mallard
1-unit, detached	93.9%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cylinder	Mallard
Poverty rate	3.3%	15.7%
Average household size	1.82	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1938	1950