Council Bluffs vs Treynor

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

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

Council Bluffs has the higher population (62,564 vs 1,228 in Treynor). Treynor has the higher median household income ($132,679 vs $64,092 in Council Bluffs). Treynor has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $164,300 in Council Bluffs).

Population, income & housing

	Council Bluffs	Treynor
Population	62,564	1,228
Median age	39.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,092	$132,679
Median home value	$164,300	$250,000
Median gross rent	$980	$1,120
Housing units	27,576	486
Homeownership rate	64.1%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Council Bluffs	Treynor
Population	62,355 → 62,564 (+0.3%)	1,022 → 1,228 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$53,524 → $64,092 (+19.7%)	$80,278 → $132,679 (+65.3%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $164,300 (+36.8%)	$162,500 → $250,000 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $980 (+15.6%)	$868 → $1,120 (+29.0%)

Council Bluffs

Population

62,35562,564

Median household income

$53,524$64,092

Median home value

$120,100$164,300

Median gross rent

$848$980

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)

	Council Bluffs	Treynor
Under 5	5.5%	12.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.7%
75 and over	6.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Council Bluffs	Treynor
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	92.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Council Bluffs	Treynor
No high school diploma	10.9%	0.5%
High school graduate	34.3%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Council Bluffs	Treynor
Drove alone	80.0%	85.9%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	8.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Council Bluffs	Treynor
1-unit, detached	68.7%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Council Bluffs	Treynor
Poverty rate	13.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1964	1971