Cylinder vs West Bend

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

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

West Bend has the higher population (889 vs 60 in Cylinder). West Bend has the higher median household income ($84,286 vs $76,250 in Cylinder). West Bend has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $80,000 in Cylinder).

Population, income & housing

	Cylinder	West Bend
Population	60	889
Median age	54.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$84,286
Median home value	$80,000	$147,800
Median gross rent	$817	$548
Housing units	33	380
Homeownership rate	84.8%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cylinder	West Bend
Population	105 → 60 (-42.9%)	659 → 889 (+34.9%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $76,250 (+10.9%)	$44,091 → $84,286 (+91.2%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $80,000 (+29.0%)	$108,900 → $147,800 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $817 (+22.9%)	$575 → $548 (-4.7%)

Cylinder

Population

10560

Median household income

$68,750$76,250

Median home value

$62,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$665$817

West Bend

Population

659889

Median household income

$44,091$84,286

Median home value

$108,900$147,800

Median gross rent

$575$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cylinder	West Bend
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	5.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	5.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	4.5%
55 to 64	26.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	16.7%	12.7%
75 and over	5.0%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cylinder	West Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	84.4%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cylinder	West Bend
No high school diploma	1.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cylinder	West Bend
Drove alone	89.4%	77.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cylinder	West Bend
1-unit, detached	93.9%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cylinder	West Bend
Poverty rate	3.3%	5.3%
Average household size	1.82	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1938	1966