Kingsley vs Remsen

A side-by-side comparison of Kingsley and Remsen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Remsen has the higher population (1,897 vs 1,427 in Kingsley). Remsen has the higher median household income ($98,250 vs $73,103 in Kingsley). Remsen has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $146,200 in Kingsley).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsley	Remsen
Population	1,427	1,897
Median age	44.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,103	$98,250
Median home value	$146,200	$184,700
Median gross rent	$761	$1,014
Housing units	653	727
Homeownership rate	78.2%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsley	Remsen
Population	1,593 → 1,427 (-10.4%)	1,833 → 1,897 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$61,394 → $73,103 (+19.1%)	$59,306 → $98,250 (+65.7%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $146,200 (+17.0%)	$133,800 → $184,700 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $761 (+28.8%)	$708 → $1,014 (+43.2%)

Kingsley

Population

1,5931,427

Median household income

$61,394$73,103

Median home value

$125,000$146,200

Median gross rent

$591$761

Remsen

Population

1,8331,897

Median household income

$59,306$98,250

Median home value

$133,800$184,700

Median gross rent

$708$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingsley	Remsen
Under 5	5.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	22.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.6%
75 and over	9.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsley	Remsen
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsley	Remsen
No high school diploma	4.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	35.9%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsley	Remsen
Drove alone	70.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	11.9%
Other means	2.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsley	Remsen
1-unit, detached	90.4%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	6.3%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Kingsley	Remsen
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1972	1956