Defiance vs Tennant

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

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

Defiance has the higher population (207 vs 57 in Tennant). Tennant has the higher median household income ($53,068 vs $51,458 in Defiance). Tennant has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $84,300 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Tennant
Population	207	57
Median age	48.5 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$53,068
Median home value	$84,300	$118,800
Housing units	109	41
Homeownership rate	85.4%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Tennant
Population	204 → 207 (+1.5%)	70 → 57 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $51,458 (+9.3%)	$46,000 → $53,068 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $84,300 (+8.8%)	$81,000 → $118,800 (+46.7%)
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

Tennant

Population

7057

Median household income

$46,000$53,068

Median home value

$81,000$118,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Tennant
Under 5	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.3%
18 to 24	1.4%	14.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	1.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	5.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	19.8%	26.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	17.5%
75 and over	12.6%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Tennant
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Tennant
No high school diploma	9.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	45.5%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Tennant
Drove alone	73.5%	96.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.4%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Tennant
1-unit, detached	92.7%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Tennant
Poverty rate	15.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.01	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1942	1938