Havelock vs Pocahontas

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

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

Pocahontas has the higher population (1,536 vs 175 in Havelock). Havelock has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $56,298 in Pocahontas). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($96,600 vs $23,800 in Havelock).

Population, income & housing

	Havelock	Pocahontas
Population	175	1,536
Median age	35.5 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$56,298
Median home value	$23,800	$96,600
Median gross rent	$563	$700
Housing units	99	856
Homeownership rate	68.4%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Havelock	Pocahontas
Population	137 → 175 (+27.7%)	1,574 → 1,536 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $61,875 (+70.7%)	$49,650 → $56,298 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $23,800 (+5.8%)	$77,300 → $96,600 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$429 → $563 (+31.2%)	$583 → $700 (+20.1%)

Havelock

Population

137175

Median household income

$36,250$61,875

Median home value

$22,500$23,800

Median gross rent

$429$563

Pocahontas

Population

1,5741,536

Median household income

$49,650$56,298

Median home value

$77,300$96,600

Median gross rent

$583$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Havelock	Pocahontas
Under 5	1.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	29.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	4.9%
45 to 54	20.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	8.0%	20.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.5%
75 and over	0.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Havelock	Pocahontas
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Havelock	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	3.6%	8.4%
High school graduate	47.3%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Havelock	Pocahontas
Drove alone	62.4%	88.3%
Carpooled	37.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Havelock	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	89.9%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Havelock	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	25.1%	8.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	45	15
Median year structure built	1952	1965