Carson vs Treynor

A side-by-side comparison of Carson and Treynor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Treynor has the higher population (1,228 vs 768 in Carson). Treynor has the higher median household income ($132,679 vs $70,703 in Carson). Treynor has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $172,600 in Carson).

Population, income & housing

	Carson	Treynor
Population	768	1,228
Median age	42.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,703	$132,679
Median home value	$172,600	$250,000
Median gross rent	$731	$1,120
Housing units	318	486
Homeownership rate	80.7%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carson	Treynor
Population	721 → 768 (+6.5%)	1,022 → 1,228 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$54,063 → $70,703 (+30.8%)	$80,278 → $132,679 (+65.3%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $172,600 (+38.1%)	$162,500 → $250,000 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $731 (+6.3%)	$868 → $1,120 (+29.0%)

Carson

Population

721768

Median household income

$54,063$70,703

Median home value

$125,000$172,600

Median gross rent

$688$731

Treynor

Population

1,0221,228

Median household income

$80,278$132,679

Median home value

$162,500$250,000

Median gross rent

$868$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carson	Treynor
Under 5	4.4%	12.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	7.7%
75 and over	11.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carson	Treynor
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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	3.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carson	Treynor
No high school diploma	8.5%	0.5%
High school graduate	36.2%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carson	Treynor
Drove alone	81.7%	85.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carson	Treynor
1-unit, detached	92.1%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carson	Treynor
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1957	1971