Hospers vs Ireton

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

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

Hospers has the higher population (945 vs 613 in Ireton). Hospers has the higher median household income ($73,819 vs $62,917 in Ireton). Hospers has the higher median home value ($163,700 vs $134,500 in Ireton).

Population, income & housing

	Hospers	Ireton
Population	945	613
Median age	30.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,819	$62,917
Median home value	$163,700	$134,500
Median gross rent	$698	$1,100
Housing units	359	260
Homeownership rate	80.8%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hospers	Ireton
Population	788 → 945 (+19.9%)	749 → 613 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$63,542 → $73,819 (+16.2%)	$66,875 → $62,917 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $163,700 (+39.1%)	$98,500 → $134,500 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $698 (+22.7%)	$829 → $1,100 (+32.7%)

Hospers

Population

788945

Median household income

$63,542$73,819

Median home value

$117,700$163,700

Median gross rent

$569$698

Ireton

Population

749613

Median household income

$66,875$62,917

Median home value

$98,500$134,500

Median gross rent

$829$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hospers	Ireton
Under 5	6.8%	12.4%
5 to 17	26.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	8.6%	19.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.0%
75 and over	9.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hospers	Ireton
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	71.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	5.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hospers	Ireton
No high school diploma	8.6%	18.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hospers	Ireton
Drove alone	73.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	13.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hospers	Ireton
1-unit, detached	88.9%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hospers	Ireton
Poverty rate	14.1%	24.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1959	1961