Hawarden vs Hospers

A side-by-side comparison of Hawarden and Hospers: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hawarden has the higher population (2,674 vs 945 in Hospers). Hospers has the higher median household income ($73,819 vs $69,375 in Hawarden). Hospers has the higher median home value ($163,700 vs $132,700 in Hawarden).

Population, income & housing

	Hawarden	Hospers
Population	2,674	945
Median age	35.0 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$73,819
Median home value	$132,700	$163,700
Median gross rent	$881	$698
Housing units	1,033	359
Homeownership rate	65.7%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawarden	Hospers
Population	2,836 → 2,674 (-5.7%)	788 → 945 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$50,394 → $69,375 (+37.7%)	$63,542 → $73,819 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $132,700 (+55.9%)	$117,700 → $163,700 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $881 (+51.1%)	$569 → $698 (+22.7%)

Hawarden

Population

2,8362,674

Median household income

$50,394$69,375

Median home value

$85,100$132,700

Median gross rent

$583$881

Hospers

Population

788945

Median household income

$63,542$73,819

Median home value

$117,700$163,700

Median gross rent

$569$698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawarden	Hospers
Under 5	8.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	26.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.7%
75 and over	8.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawarden	Hospers
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	37.4%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawarden	Hospers
No high school diploma	24.9%	8.6%
High school graduate	28.8%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawarden	Hospers
Drove alone	78.8%	73.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawarden	Hospers
1-unit, detached	79.1%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Hawarden	Hospers
Poverty rate	10.1%	14.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1971	1959