Deep River vs Guernsey

A side-by-side comparison of Deep River and Guernsey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Deep River has the higher population (315 vs 54 in Guernsey). Guernsey has the higher median household income ($67,917 vs $67,143 in Deep River). Deep River has the higher median home value ($82,100 vs $76,000 in Guernsey).

Population, income & housing

	Deep River	Guernsey
Population	315	54
Median age	35.4 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$67,917
Median home value	$82,100	$76,000
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	129	31
Homeownership rate	84.4%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deep River	Guernsey
Population	236 → 315 (+33.5%)	46 → 54 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $67,143 (+61.1%)	$31,458 → $67,917 (+115.9%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $82,100 (+25.5%)	$65,000 → $76,000 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$290 → $408 (+40.7%)	$788 → $850 (+7.9%)

Deep River

Population

236315

Median household income

$41,667$67,143

Median home value

$65,400$82,100

Median gross rent

$290$408

Guernsey

Population

4654

Median household income

$31,458$67,917

Median home value

$65,000$76,000

Median gross rent

$788$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deep River	Guernsey
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.8%	7.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	3.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	4.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	19.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.1%
75 and over	6.7%	33.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deep River	Guernsey
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deep River	Guernsey
No high school diploma	6.1%	24.4%
High school graduate	67.5%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deep River	Guernsey
Drove alone	72.5%	89.7%
Carpooled	18.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	3.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deep River	Guernsey
1-unit, detached	82.9%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Deep River	Guernsey
Poverty rate	9.2%	14.8%
Average household size	2.46	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	37	55
Median year structure built	1938	1938