Cylinder vs Ruthven

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

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

Ruthven has the higher population (766 vs 60 in Cylinder). Cylinder has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $58,750 in Ruthven). Ruthven has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $80,000 in Cylinder).

Population, income & housing

	Cylinder	Ruthven
Population	60	766
Median age	54.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$58,750
Median home value	$80,000	$103,400
Median gross rent	$817	$650
Housing units	33	334
Homeownership rate	84.8%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cylinder	Ruthven
Population	105 → 60 (-42.9%)	751 → 766 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $76,250 (+10.9%)	$37,337 → $58,750 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $80,000 (+29.0%)	$59,900 → $103,400 (+72.6%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $817 (+22.9%)	$486 → $650 (+33.7%)

Cylinder

Population

10560

Median household income

$68,750$76,250

Median home value

$62,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$665$817

Ruthven

Population

751766

Median household income

$37,337$58,750

Median home value

$59,900$103,400

Median gross rent

$486$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cylinder	Ruthven
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	5.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	5.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	16.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	26.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	16.7%	10.1%
75 and over	5.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cylinder	Ruthven
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.3%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cylinder	Ruthven
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cylinder	Ruthven
Drove alone	89.4%	72.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cylinder	Ruthven
1-unit, detached	93.9%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cylinder	Ruthven
Poverty rate	3.3%	13.7%
Average household size	1.82	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1938	1955