Kelley vs Zearing

A side-by-side comparison of Kelley and Zearing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Zearing has the higher population (584 vs 386 in Kelley). Kelley has the higher median household income ($119,375 vs $67,031 in Zearing). Kelley has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $138,600 in Zearing).

Population, income & housing

	Kelley	Zearing
Population	386	584
Median age	32.7 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$119,375	$67,031
Median home value	$218,800	$138,600
Median gross rent	$971	$1,125
Housing units	173	202
Homeownership rate	57.3%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kelley	Zearing
Population	288 → 386 (+34.0%)	534 → 584 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$83,125 → $119,375 (+43.6%)	$53,750 → $67,031 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$152,800 → $218,800 (+43.2%)	$100,600 → $138,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,563 → $971 (-37.9%)	$663 → $1,125 (+69.7%)

Kelley

Population

288386

Median household income

$83,125$119,375

Median home value

$152,800$218,800

Median gross rent

$1,563$971

Zearing

Population

534584

Median household income

$53,750$67,031

Median home value

$100,600$138,600

Median gross rent

$663$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kelley	Zearing
Under 5	2.3%	10.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	3.8%
25 to 34	39.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	6.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.0%
75 and over	3.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kelley	Zearing
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	67.3%
Black or African American	4.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	16.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kelley	Zearing
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.7%
High school graduate	17.8%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kelley	Zearing
Drove alone	82.6%	65.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	28.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.6%
Other means	4.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kelley	Zearing
1-unit, detached	65.9%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	32.4%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Kelley	Zearing
Poverty rate	6.5%	22.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1966	1959