Cylinder vs Rodman

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

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

Cylinder has the higher population (60 vs 22 in Rodman). Rodman has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $76,250 in Cylinder). Since 2019, Rodman's population has grown faster (+0.0% vs -42.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cylinder	Rodman
Population	60	22
Median age	54.8 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$83,125
Median home value	$80,000	—
Median gross rent	$817	—
Housing units	33	21
Homeownership rate	84.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cylinder	Rodman
Population	105 → 60 (-42.9%)	22 → 22 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $76,250 (+10.9%)	$78,750 → $83,125 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $80,000 (+29.0%)	$52,500 → $51,300 (-2.3%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $817 (+22.9%)	—

Cylinder

Population

10560

Median household income

$68,750$76,250

Median home value

$62,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$665$817

Rodman

Population

2222

Median household income

$78,750$83,125

Median home value

$52,500$51,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cylinder	Rodman
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.0%	4.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	4.5%
45 to 54	16.7%	4.5%
55 to 64	26.7%	68.2%
65 to 74	16.7%	18.2%
75 and over	5.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cylinder	Rodman
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	100.0%
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	13.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cylinder	Rodman
No high school diploma	1.9%	14.3%
High school graduate	38.5%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cylinder	Rodman
Drove alone	89.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cylinder	Rodman
1-unit, detached	93.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cylinder	Rodman
Poverty rate	3.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.82	1.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1938	1938