Kellerton vs Mount Ayr

A side-by-side comparison of Kellerton and Mount Ayr: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Ayr has the higher population (1,739 vs 270 in Kellerton). Mount Ayr has the higher median household income ($68,676 vs $54,375 in Kellerton). Mount Ayr has the higher median home value ($144,500 vs $57,100 in Kellerton).

Population, income & housing

	Kellerton	Mount Ayr
Population	270	1,739
Median age	32.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$68,676
Median home value	$57,100	$144,500
Median gross rent	$752	$694
Housing units	153	821
Homeownership rate	65.0%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kellerton	Mount Ayr
Population	291 → 270 (-7.2%)	2,056 → 1,739 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $54,375 (+38.1%)	$49,181 → $68,676 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $57,100 (-4.8%)	$87,200 → $144,500 (+65.7%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $752 (-4.6%)	$636 → $694 (+9.1%)

Kellerton

Population

291270

Median household income

$39,375$54,375

Median home value

$60,000$57,100

Median gross rent

$788$752

Mount Ayr

Population

2,0561,739

Median household income

$49,181$68,676

Median home value

$87,200$144,500

Median gross rent

$636$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kellerton	Mount Ayr
Under 5	7.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	28.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	18.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.2%
75 and over	2.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kellerton	Mount Ayr
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
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	0.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kellerton	Mount Ayr
No high school diploma	12.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	36.7%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kellerton	Mount Ayr
Drove alone	78.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	19.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kellerton	Mount Ayr
1-unit, detached	67.3%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Kellerton	Mount Ayr
Poverty rate	5.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1958	1962