Hawarden vs Orange City

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

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

Orange City has the higher population (6,312 vs 2,674 in Hawarden). Orange City has the higher median household income ($81,667 vs $69,375 in Hawarden). Orange City has the higher median home value ($245,300 vs $132,700 in Hawarden).

Population, income & housing

	Hawarden	Orange City
Population	2,674	6,312
Median age	35.0 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$81,667
Median home value	$132,700	$245,300
Median gross rent	$881	$815
Housing units	1,033	2,235
Homeownership rate	65.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawarden	Orange City
Population	2,836 → 2,674 (-5.7%)	6,127 → 6,312 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$50,394 → $69,375 (+37.7%)	$72,857 → $81,667 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $132,700 (+55.9%)	$171,300 → $245,300 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $881 (+51.1%)	$679 → $815 (+20.0%)

Hawarden

Population

2,8362,674

Median household income

$50,394$69,375

Median home value

$85,100$132,700

Median gross rent

$583$881

Orange City

Population

6,1276,312

Median household income

$72,857$81,667

Median home value

$171,300$245,300

Median gross rent

$679$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawarden	Orange City
Under 5	8.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	20.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.8%
75 and over	8.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawarden	Orange City
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	37.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawarden	Orange City
No high school diploma	24.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	28.8%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawarden	Orange City
Drove alone	78.8%	68.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.8%	16.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawarden	Orange City
1-unit, detached	79.1%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Hawarden	Orange City
Poverty rate	10.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.71	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	16	10
Median year structure built	1971	1975