Defiance vs Panama

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

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

Panama has the higher population (283 vs 207 in Defiance). Panama has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $51,458 in Defiance). Panama has the higher median home value ($121,600 vs $84,300 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Panama
Population	207	283
Median age	48.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$61,250
Median home value	$84,300	$121,600
Median gross rent	—	$939
Housing units	109	136
Homeownership rate	85.4%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Panama
Population	204 → 207 (+1.5%)	204 → 283 (+38.7%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $51,458 (+9.3%)	$62,000 → $61,250 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $84,300 (+8.8%)	$88,900 → $121,600 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $658 (+19.6%)	—

Defiance

Population

204207

Median household income

$47,083$51,458

Median home value

$77,500$84,300

Median gross rent

$550$658

Panama

Population

204283

Median household income

$62,000$61,250

Median home value

$88,900$121,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Panama
Under 5	2.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	27.2%
18 to 24	1.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	17.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	7.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	19.8%
55 to 64	19.8%	7.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	5.3%
75 and over	12.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Panama
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Panama
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	45.5%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Panama
Drove alone	73.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.0%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Panama
1-unit, detached	92.7%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Panama
Poverty rate	15.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	13
Median year structure built	1942	1951