Mitchellville vs Polk City

A side-by-side comparison of Mitchellville and Polk City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Polk City has the higher population (5,833 vs 2,557 in Mitchellville). Polk City has the higher median household income ($163,000 vs $78,816 in Mitchellville). Polk City has the higher median home value ($385,000 vs $190,200 in Mitchellville).

Population, income & housing

	Mitchellville	Polk City
Population	2,557	5,833
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,816	$163,000
Median home value	$190,200	$385,000
Median gross rent	$773	$746
Housing units	784	2,059
Homeownership rate	82.7%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mitchellville	Polk City
Population	2,365 → 2,557 (+8.1%)	4,625 → 5,833 (+26.1%)
Median household income	$65,417 → $78,816 (+20.5%)	$104,750 → $163,000 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$137,300 → $190,200 (+38.5%)	$249,000 → $385,000 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $773 (+10.7%)	$1,152 → $746 (-35.2%)

Mitchellville

Population

2,3652,557

Median household income

$65,417$78,816

Median home value

$137,300$190,200

Median gross rent

$698$773

Polk City

Population

4,6255,833

Median household income

$104,750$163,000

Median home value

$249,000$385,000

Median gross rent

$1,152$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mitchellville	Polk City
Under 5	3.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	24.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	21.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	22.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	16.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.9%
75 and over	4.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mitchellville	Polk City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mitchellville	Polk City
No high school diploma	10.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	38.2%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mitchellville	Polk City
Drove alone	86.8%	79.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	17.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mitchellville	Polk City
1-unit, detached	80.6%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mitchellville	Polk City
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1966	2006