Mount Ayr vs Tingley

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

Mount Ayr and Tingley 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 115 in Tingley). Mount Ayr has the higher median household income ($68,676 vs $62,679 in Tingley). Mount Ayr has the higher median home value ($144,500 vs $66,000 in Tingley).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Ayr	Tingley
Population	1,739	115
Median age	40.7 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,676	$62,679
Median home value	$144,500	$66,000
Median gross rent	$694	$792
Housing units	821	74
Homeownership rate	69.5%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Ayr	Tingley
Population	2,056 → 1,739 (-15.4%)	117 → 115 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$49,181 → $68,676 (+39.6%)	$56,563 → $62,679 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $144,500 (+65.7%)	$50,000 → $66,000 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $694 (+9.1%)	$600 → $792 (+32.0%)

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

Tingley

Population

117115

Median household income

$56,563$62,679

Median home value

$50,000$66,000

Median gross rent

$600$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Ayr	Tingley
Under 5	7.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	2.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	6.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	45.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.8%
75 and over	11.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Ayr	Tingley
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
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	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Ayr	Tingley
No high school diploma	6.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Ayr	Tingley
Drove alone	78.3%	96.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Ayr	Tingley
1-unit, detached	82.6%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Mount Ayr	Tingley
Poverty rate	7.5%	9.6%
Average household size	2.41	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1962	1978