Havelock vs Plover

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

Havelock and Plover 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 46 in Plover). Havelock has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $45,750 in Plover). Since 2019, Havelock's population has grown faster (+27.7% vs -47.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Havelock	Plover
Population	175	46
Median age	35.5 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$45,750
Median home value	$23,800	—
Median gross rent	$563	—
Housing units	99	47
Homeownership rate	68.4%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Havelock	Plover
Population	137 → 175 (+27.7%)	87 → 46 (-47.1%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $61,875 (+70.7%)	$34,500 → $45,750 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $23,800 (+5.8%)	$45,000 → $41,400 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	$429 → $563 (+31.2%)	—

Havelock

Population

137175

Median household income

$36,250$61,875

Median home value

$22,500$23,800

Median gross rent

$429$563

Plover

Population

8746

Median household income

$34,500$45,750

Median home value

$45,000$41,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Havelock	Plover
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.7%	8.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	4.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	4.3%
45 to 54	20.6%	4.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	54.3%
75 and over	0.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Havelock	Plover
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	97.8%
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	2.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Havelock	Plover
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.3%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Havelock	Plover
Drove alone	62.4%	94.7%
Carpooled	37.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Havelock	Plover
1-unit, detached	89.9%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Havelock	Plover
Poverty rate	25.1%	13.0%
Average household size	2.30	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	45	17
Median year structure built	1952	1938