Early vs Schaller

A side-by-side comparison of Early and Schaller: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Schaller has the higher population (817 vs 757 in Early). Early has the higher median household income ($76,083 vs $65,909 in Schaller). Early has the higher median home value ($83,500 vs $73,700 in Schaller).

Population, income & housing

	Early	Schaller
Population	757	817
Median age	39.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,083	$65,909
Median home value	$83,500	$73,700
Median gross rent	$588	$907
Housing units	358	359
Homeownership rate	69.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Early	Schaller
Population	705 → 757 (+7.4%)	720 → 817 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $76,083 (+60.2%)	$49,688 → $65,909 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $83,500 (+18.8%)	$72,100 → $73,700 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $588 (-6.8%)	$560 → $907 (+62.0%)

Early

Population

705757

Median household income

$47,500$76,083

Median home value

$70,300$83,500

Median gross rent

$631$588

Schaller

Population

720817

Median household income

$49,688$65,909

Median home value

$72,100$73,700

Median gross rent

$560$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Early	Schaller
Under 5	9.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	20.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	6.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.2%
75 and over	6.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Early	Schaller
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	67.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.4%
Some other race	0.0%	4.9%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Early	Schaller
No high school diploma	12.6%	20.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Early	Schaller
Drove alone	91.9%	84.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Early	Schaller
1-unit, detached	77.9%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Early	Schaller
Poverty rate	11.8%	12.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1946	1950