Huxley vs Story City

A side-by-side comparison of Huxley and Story City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huxley has the higher population (4,440 vs 3,363 in Story City). Huxley has the higher median household income ($122,716 vs $73,558 in Story City). Huxley has the higher median home value ($296,100 vs $205,800 in Story City).

Population, income & housing

	Huxley	Story City
Population	4,440	3,363
Median age	34.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$122,716	$73,558
Median home value	$296,100	$205,800
Median gross rent	$1,260	$956
Housing units	1,599	1,610
Homeownership rate	83.0%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huxley	Story City
Population	3,769 → 4,440 (+17.8%)	3,377 → 3,363 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$104,457 → $122,716 (+17.5%)	$77,656 → $73,558 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$197,700 → $296,100 (+49.8%)	$145,500 → $205,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $1,260 (+63.4%)	$736 → $956 (+29.9%)

Huxley

Population

3,7694,440

Median household income

$104,457$122,716

Median home value

$197,700$296,100

Median gross rent

$771$1,260

Story City

Population

3,3773,363

Median household income

$77,656$73,558

Median home value

$145,500$205,800

Median gross rent

$736$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huxley	Story City
Under 5	8.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	28.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	1.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	17.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	2.3%	13.9%
75 and over	6.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huxley	Story City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huxley	Story City
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	20.9%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	45.6%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huxley	Story City
Drove alone	88.8%	91.3%
Carpooled	0.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huxley	Story City
1-unit, detached	77.0%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	11.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Huxley	Story City
Poverty rate	3.3%	13.1%
Average household size	2.84	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1999	1971