Havelock vs Palmer

A side-by-side comparison of Havelock and Palmer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Havelock has the higher population (175 vs 114 in Palmer). Havelock has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $60,625 in Palmer). Palmer has the higher median home value ($36,500 vs $23,800 in Havelock).

Population, income & housing

	Havelock	Palmer
Population	175	114
Median age	35.5 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$60,625
Median home value	$23,800	$36,500
Median gross rent	$563	—
Housing units	99	106
Homeownership rate	68.4%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Havelock	Palmer
Population	137 → 175 (+27.7%)	150 → 114 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $61,875 (+70.7%)	$43,750 → $60,625 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $23,800 (+5.8%)	$26,300 → $36,500 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$429 → $563 (+31.2%)	$579 → $625 (+7.9%)

Havelock

Population

137175

Median household income

$36,250$61,875

Median home value

$22,500$23,800

Median gross rent

$429$563

Palmer

Population

150114

Median household income

$43,750$60,625

Median home value

$26,300$36,500

Median gross rent

$579$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Havelock	Palmer
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.7%	7.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	11.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	20.6%	24.6%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.0%
75 and over	0.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Havelock	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
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	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Havelock	Palmer
No high school diploma	3.6%	29.3%
High school graduate	47.3%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Havelock	Palmer
Drove alone	62.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	37.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Havelock	Palmer
1-unit, detached	89.9%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Havelock	Palmer
Poverty rate	25.1%	31.6%
Average household size	2.30	1.46
Mean commute (minutes)	45	27
Median year structure built	1952	1945