Harlan vs Irwin

A side-by-side comparison of Harlan and Irwin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harlan has the higher population (4,896 vs 297 in Irwin). Harlan has the higher median household income ($54,923 vs $47,917 in Irwin). Harlan has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $71,100 in Irwin).

Population, income & housing

	Harlan	Irwin
Population	4,896	297
Median age	48.2 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,923	$47,917
Median home value	$137,500	$71,100
Median gross rent	$856	$700
Housing units	2,304	158
Homeownership rate	68.3%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlan	Irwin
Population	4,845 → 4,896 (+1.1%)	344 → 297 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$52,063 → $54,923 (+5.5%)	$62,708 → $47,917 (-23.6%)
Median home value	$118,400 → $137,500 (+16.1%)	$67,400 → $71,100 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $856 (+43.9%)	$542 → $700 (+29.2%)

Harlan

Population

4,8454,896

Median household income

$52,063$54,923

Median home value

$118,400$137,500

Median gross rent

$595$856

Irwin

Population

344297

Median household income

$62,708$47,917

Median home value

$67,400$71,100

Median gross rent

$542$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlan	Irwin
Under 5	6.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	16.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	2.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	17.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.1%
75 and over	13.4%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlan	Irwin
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harlan	Irwin
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlan	Irwin
Drove alone	81.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlan	Irwin
1-unit, detached	81.2%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Harlan	Irwin
Poverty rate	10.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1956	1947