Earling vs Panama

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

Earling and Panama 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 283 in Panama). Panama has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $44,375 in Earling). Panama has the higher median home value ($121,600 vs $117,600 in Earling).

Population, income & housing

	Earling	Panama
Population	466	283
Median age	41.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$61,250
Median home value	$117,600	$121,600
Median gross rent	$731	$939
Housing units	221	136
Homeownership rate	71.2%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earling	Panama
Population	370 → 466 (+25.9%)	204 → 283 (+38.7%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $44,375 (-0.5%)	$62,000 → $61,250 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $117,600 (+36.6%)	$88,900 → $121,600 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $731 (+39.2%)	—

Earling

Population

370466

Median household income

$44,583$44,375

Median home value

$86,100$117,600

Median gross rent

$525$731

Panama

Population

204283

Median household income

$62,000$61,250

Median home value

$88,900$121,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earling	Panama
Under 5	4.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	27.2%
18 to 24	13.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	19.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	7.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.3%
75 and over	16.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earling	Panama
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	89.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	1.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earling	Panama
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	36.5%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earling	Panama
Drove alone	86.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	8.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earling	Panama
1-unit, detached	92.3%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Earling	Panama
Poverty rate	8.9%	4.3%
Average household size	1.99	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	13
Median year structure built	1954	1951