Defiance vs Earling

A side-by-side comparison of Defiance and Earling: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Earling has the higher population (466 vs 207 in Defiance). Defiance has the higher median household income ($51,458 vs $44,375 in Earling). Earling has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $84,300 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Earling
Population	207	466
Median age	48.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$44,375
Median home value	$84,300	$117,600
Median gross rent	—	$731
Housing units	109	221
Homeownership rate	85.4%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Earling
Population	204 → 207 (+1.5%)	370 → 466 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $51,458 (+9.3%)	$44,583 → $44,375 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $84,300 (+8.8%)	$86,100 → $117,600 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $658 (+19.6%)	$525 → $731 (+39.2%)

Defiance

Population

204207

Median household income

$47,083$51,458

Median home value

$77,500$84,300

Median gross rent

$550$658

Earling

Population

370466

Median household income

$44,583$44,375

Median home value

$86,100$117,600

Median gross rent

$525$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Earling
Under 5	2.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	1.4%	13.5%
25 to 34	17.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	7.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	19.8%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.9%
75 and over	12.6%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Earling
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
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	3.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Earling
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	45.5%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Earling
Drove alone	73.5%	86.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	7.9%
Other means	6.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Earling
1-unit, detached	92.7%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Earling
Poverty rate	15.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.01	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1942	1954